Num 14:3-4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 14:3-4: 14:3-4 The threats about which they complained were real, but the Israelites should have trusted the Lord. In the ancient Near East, women and children were often taken as plunder in the aftermath of battle. • return to Egypt: How quickly the Israelites forgot their bondage (Exod 2:23-24 ) and the hardship of the wilderness (Num 11:1 )!

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‏ Numbers 14:3-4

Summary for Num 14:3-4: 14:3-4 ^a The threats about which they complained were real, but the Israelites should have trusted the Lord. In the ancient Near East, women and children were often taken as plunder in the aftermath of battle.

• return to Egypt: How quickly the Israelites forgot their bondage (Exod 2:23-24 ^b) and the hardship of the wilderness (Num 11:1 ^c)!