Numbers 14:1-4

The People Rebel

¹Then all the congregation raised their voices and cried out, and the people wept that night. ²And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the entire congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or even if we had died in this wilderness! ³So why is the Lord bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder! Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?” ⁴So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and return to Egypt!”