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Israel Refuses to Enter Canaan

1 So all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people awept that night.  
2 aAnd all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!  
3 Why has the Lord brought us to this land to1 fall by the sword, that our wives and achildren should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”  
4 So they said to one another, a“Let us select a leader and breturn to Egypt.”  
5 Then Moses and Aaron1 fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.  
6 But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
7 and they spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying: a“The land we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.  
8 If the Lord adelights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, b‘a land which flows with milk and honey.’  
9 Only ado not rebel against the Lord, bnor fear the people of the land, for cthey are our bread; their protection has departed from them, dand the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”  
10 aAnd all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Now bthe glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of meeting before all the children of Israel.  

Moses Intercedes for the People

11 Then the Lord said to Moses: “How long will these people areject Me? And how long will they not bbelieve Me, with all the signs which I have performed among them?  
12 I will strike them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and I will amake of you a nation greater and mightier than they.”  
13 And aMoses said to the Lord: b“Then the Egyptians will hear it, for by Your might You brought these people up from among them,  
Verse Comparison: Numbers 14:2

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

Amplified® Bible
All the Israelites grumbled {and} deplored their situation, accusing Moses and Aaron, to whom the whole congregation said, Would that we had died in Egypt! Or that we had died in this wilderness!

Contemporary English Version
and complained to Moses and Aaron, "We wish we had died in Egypt or somewhere out here in the desert!

Darby English Version
And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron; and the whole assembly said to them, Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! or in this wilderness would that we had died!

Good News Bible
They complained against Moses and Aaron, and said, "It would have been better to die in Egypt or even here in the wilderness!

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

New American Standard Bible
All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and 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!

New International Version
All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert!

New King James Version
And all the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and 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!

Revised Standard Version
And all the people of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron; 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!

Young's Literal Translation
and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, `O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died!


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