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13 You have brought us out of a fertile land to this desert to kill us, and now you want to order us around. 14 You haven’t brought us into a fertile land; you haven’t given us any land with fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? No! We will not come!”

15 Then Moses became very angry and said to the Lord, “Don’t accept their gifts. I have not taken anything from them, not even a donkey, and I have not done wrong to any of them.”

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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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Footnotes

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