13 Is it [a]not enough that you have brought us up out of a (A)land flowing with milk and honey (B)to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also appoint yourself as master over us? 14 Indeed, you have not brought us (C)into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of (D)fields and vineyards. Would you (E)gouge out the eyes of [b]these men? We will not come up!”

15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “(F)Pay no attention to their offering! (G)I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them.”

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  1. Numbers 16:13 Lit a little thing
  2. Numbers 16:14 Lit those

13 Isn’t it enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey(A) to kill us in the wilderness?(B) And now you also want to lord it over us!(C) 14 Moreover, you haven’t brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey(D) or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards.(E) Do you want to treat these men like slaves[a]?(F) No, we will not come!(G)

15 Then Moses became very angry(H) and said to the Lord, “Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey(I) from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”

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  1. Numbers 16:14 Or to deceive these men; Hebrew Will you gouge out the eyes of these men