3aThe people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, "bIf only we had perished cwhen our brothers perished before the Lord!
b
Numbers 14:2, Numbers 14:3
Numbers 14
2
All the sons of Israel agrumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, "bWould that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
Numbers 14
3
"Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, ato fall by the sword? bOur wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?"