And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

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Why has the Lord brought us to this land to [a]fall by the sword, that our wives and (A)children should become victims? Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 14:3 be killed in battle

And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

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So they said to one another, (A)“Let us select a leader and (B)return to Egypt.”

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