Numbers 14:2-4

International Standard Version

² All the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron. Then the entire assembly responded, “We wish that we had died in Egypt or^[a] in this wilderness. ³ What’s the point in the Lord bringing us to this land? To die by the sword so our wives and children would become war victims? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”

⁴ Then they told each other, “Let’s assign a leader and go back to Egypt.”