Num 14:1-4 | ESV | STEP | Then all the congregation raised a loud cry , and the people wept that night .

Numbers 14:1-4

The People Rebel

1 Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people ^awept that night. 2 And all the people of Israel ^bgrumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or ^cwould that we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? ^dOur wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?” 4 And they said to one another, ^e“Let us choose a leader and ^fgo back to Egypt.”