Numbers 20:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

And the people argued with Moses and spoke, saying, "Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

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  • Exod 17:2 : 2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?
  • Num 16:31-35 : 31 And it came to pass, when he had finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart that was under them. 32 And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, with their houses, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that belonged to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were around them fled at their cry: for they said, Lest the earth swallows us up also. 35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
  • Num 16:49 : 49 Now those that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides those that died concerning the matter of Korah.
  • Num 11:1 : 1 And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; and the LORD heard it; and His anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed those who were in the outermost parts of the camp.
  • Num 11:33-34 : 33 And while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague. 34 And he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
  • Num 14:1-2 : 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!
  • Num 14:36-37 : 36 And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, 37 Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD.
  • Job 3:10-11 : 10 Because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide sorrow from my eyes. 11 Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not expire when I came out of the belly?
  • Lam 4:9 : 9 Those slain by the sword are better than those who die by hunger; for these waste away, stricken for want of the fruits of the field.
  • Exod 16:2-3 : 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 And the children of Israel said to them, If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, and when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

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  • Num 14:1-4
    4 verses
    87%

    1And all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried; and the people wept that night.

    2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would that we had died in this wilderness!

    3Why has the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be prey? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?

    4And they said to one another, Let us choose a captain, and let us return to Egypt.

  • Exod 17:2-4
    3 verses
    82%

    2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?

    3And the people were thirsty there for water; and the people grumbled against Moses, and said, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?

    4And Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.

  • Num 20:4-5
    2 verses
    82%

    4And why have you brought the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness so that we and our livestock should die here?

    5And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is not a place of grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink."

  • Exod 16:2-3
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    82%

    2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

    3And the children of Israel said to them, If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, and when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

  • Num 21:4-7
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    79%

    4And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way.

    5And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread.

    6And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and many people of Israel died.

    7Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against you; pray to the LORD, that He take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

  • Num 20:2
    78%

    2And there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron.

  • Exod 14:11-12
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    78%

    11And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? why have you dealt with us in this way, to bring us out of Egypt?

    12Is not this the word that we told you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than to die in the wilderness.

  • Exod 20:19
    78%

    19Then they said to Moses, 'You speak with us and we will hear; but let not God speak with us, lest we die.’

  • Exod 15:24
    77%

    24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

  • Num 17:12
    76%

    12And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone.

  • Deut 1:27
    75%

    27And you murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.

  • Num 16:41
    75%

    41But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the LORD.

  • Num 27:15
    73%

    15And Moses spoke to the LORD, saying,

  • Num 11:1
    72%

    1And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; and the LORD heard it; and His anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them, and consumed those who were in the outermost parts of the camp.

  • Exod 32:11
    72%

    11Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, "LORD, why does Your wrath burn hot against Your people, whom You have brought forth from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

  • Num 16:13
    72%

    13Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, unless you make yourself altogether a prince over us?

  • Ps 106:32
    72%

    32They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went badly with Moses for their sakes;

  • Num 14:39
    72%

    39And Moses told these sayings to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

  • Exod 5:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21And they said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge; because you have made our odor to be loathed in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us.

    22And Moses returned to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you mistreated this people? Why is it that you have sent me?

  • Num 20:15
    72%

    15how our fathers went down to Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians afflicted us and our fathers.

  • Num 11:10
    72%

    10Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

  • Heb 3:17
    71%

    17But with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

  • Num 14:11
    71%

    11And the LORD said to Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be before they believe me, for all the signs which I have shown among them?

  • Exod 16:8
    71%

    8And Moses said, This shall be when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread to the full in the morning; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against him: and what are we? Your complaints are not against us, but against the LORD.

  • Num 20:10
    70%

    10And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels; must we bring water for you out of this rock?"

  • Num 14:27
    70%

    27How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmurs against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.

  • Num 25:10
    70%

    10And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Acts 7:40
    70%

    40Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.

  • Num 11:20
    70%

    20But even a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have despised the LORD who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, Why did we come out of Egypt?

  • Num 16:23
    70%

    23And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 12:2
    70%

    2And they said, Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has he not spoken also through us? And the LORD heard it.

  • Ps 106:16
    70%

    16They also envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD.

  • Exod 6:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    9And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they did not listen to Moses because of anguish of spirit and cruel bondage.

    10And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 20:13
    69%

    13This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel contended with the LORD, and He was sanctified among them.

  • Deut 1:34
    69%

    34And the LORD heard the sound of your words, and was angry, and swore, saying,