Numbers 14:3-5

Living Bible

³ rather than be taken into this country ahead of us. Jehovah will kill us there, and our wives and little ones will become slaves. Let’s get out of here and return to Egypt!” ⁴ The idea swept the camp. “Let’s elect a leader to take us back to Egypt!” they shouted.

⁵ Then Moses and Aaron fell face downward on the ground before the people of Israel.