Numbers 14:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

Wherefore nowe hath the Lorde brought vs into this lande to fall vpon the sworde? Our wiues, and our children shall be a pray: were it not better for vs to returne into Egypt?

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 14:31-32 : 31 But your children, (which ye said shoulde be a pray) them will I bring in, and they shall knowe the lande which ye haue refused: 32 But euen your carkeises shall fall in this wildernes,
  • Ps 78:40 : 40 How oft did they prouoke him in the wildernes? and grieue him in the desert?
  • Jer 9:3 : 3 And they bende their tongues like their bowes for lyes: but they haue no courage for the trueth vpon the earth: for they proceede from euill to worse, and they haue not knowen mee, sayth the Lord.

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  • Num 14:4
    82%

    4And they said one to another, Let vs make a Captaine and returne into Egypt.

  • Exod 14:10-12
    3 verses
    82%

    10And when Pharaoh drew nie, the children of Israel lift vp their eyes, and beholde, the Egyptians marched after them, and they were sore afrayde: wherefore the children of Israel cried vnto the Lorde.

    11And they sayde vnto Moses, Hast thou brought vs to die in the wildernes, because there were no graues in Egypt? wherefore hast thou serued vs thus, to carie vs out of Egypt?

    12Did not wee tell thee this thing in Egypt, saying, Let vs be in rest, that we may serue the Egyptians? for it had bene better for vs to serue the Egyptians, then that wee shoulde dye in the wildernesse.

  • Num 14:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

    1Then all ye Congregation lifted vp their voice, & cryed: and the people wept that night,

    2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron: and the whole assemblie said vnto them, Would God we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wildernesse: would God we were dead.

  • Num 20:3-5
    3 verses
    80%

    3And the people chode with Moses, & spake, saying, Would God we had perished, when our brethren died before the Lord.

    4Why haue ye thus brought the Congregation of the Lorde vnto his wildernesse, that both we, and our cattell should die there?

    5Wherefore nowe haue yee made vs to come vp from Egypt, to bring vs into this miserable place, which is no place of seede, nor figges, nor vines, nor pomegranates? Neither is there any water to drinke.

  • Exod 16:3
    79%

    3For the children of Israel sayde to them, Oh that we had dyed by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when wee sate by the flesh pots, when wee ate bread our bellies full: for yee haue brought vs out into this wildernesse, to kill this whole company with famine.

  • Deut 1:27-28
    2 verses
    78%

    27And murmured in your tentes, & sayd, Because the Lorde hated vs, therefore hath hee brought vs out of the land of Egypt, to deliuer vs into the hand of the Amorites, and to destroy vs.

    28Whither shal we go vp? our brethren haue discouraged our hearts, saying, The people is greater, and taller then we: the cities are great and walled vp to heauen: and moreouer we haue seene the sonnes of the Anakims there.

  • Exod 17:3
    77%

    3So the people thirsted there for water, & the people murmured against Moses, & said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kil vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?

  • Deut 9:28
    76%

    28Lest the countrey, whence thou broughtest them, say, Because ye Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, or because he hated them, he caried them out, to slay them in the wildernesse.

  • Num 16:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13Is it a small thing that thou hast brought vs out of a lande that floweth with milke and honie, to kill vs in the wildernesse, except thou make thy selfe lord and ruler ouer vs also?

    14Also thou hast not brought vs vnto a land that floweth with milke and honie, neither giuen vs inheritance of fieldes and vineyardes: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come vp.

  • Jer 42:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither heare the voyce of the Lord your God,

    14Saying, Nay, but we will goe into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no warre, nor heare the sounde of the trumpet, nor haue hunger of bread, and there will we dwell,

  • Num 32:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17But we our selues will be readie armed to go before the children of Israel, vntill we haue brought them vnto their place: but our childre shall dwell in the defenced cities, because of the inhabitants of the lande.

    18We will not returne vnto our houses, vntil the children of Israel haue inherited, euery man his inheritance.

  • Num 20:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we dwelt in Egypt a long time, where the Egyptians handled vs euill and our fathers.

    16But when we cried vnto the Lord, he heard our voyce, and sent an Angel, and hath brought vs out of Egypt, and beholde, wee are in the citie Kadesh, in thine vtmost border.

  • Jer 2:6
    74%

    6For they saide not, Where is the Lorde that brought vs vp out of the lande of Egypt? That led vs through the wildernesse, through a desert, and waste land, through a drie land, and by the shadow of death, by a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt?

  • Num 32:7
    74%

    7Wherefore now discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel, to goe ouer into the lande, which the Lorde hath giuen them?

  • Num 17:12
    74%

    12And the children of Israel spake vnto Moses, saying, Behold, we are dead, we perish, we are all lost:

  • Num 14:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8If the Lorde loue vs, he will bring vs into this land, and giue it vs, which is a land that floweth with milke and honie.

    9But rebell not ye against the Lord, neither feare ye the people of the land: for they are but bread for vs: their shielde is departed from the, and the Lorde is with vs, feare them not.

  • Num 21:5
    73%

    5And the people spake against God and against Moses, saying, Wherefore haue ye brought vs out of Egypt, to die in the wildernesse? for here is neither bread nor water, & our soule lotheth this light bread.

  • Exod 5:3
    73%

    3And they saide, We worship the God of the Ebrewes: we pray thee, let vs goe three daies iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, least he bring vpon vs the pestilence or sword.

  • Exod 5:21-22
    2 verses
    73%

    21To whom they said, The Lord looke vpon you and iudge: for yee haue made our sauour to stinke before Pharaoh and before his seruants, in that ye haue put a sword in their hand to slay vs.

    22Wherefore Moses returned to the Lorde, and saide, Lorde, why hast thou afflicted this people? wherefore hast thou thus sent me?

  • Josh 7:7
    73%

    7And Ioshua said, Alas, O Lord God, wherefore hast thou brought this people ouer Iorden, to deliuer vs into the hande of the Amorites, and to destroye vs? would God we had bene content to dwell on the other side Iorden.

  • Exod 13:17
    73%

    17Nowe when Pharaoh had let the people go, God caried them not by the way of the Philistims countrey, though it were neerer: (for God sayd, Lest the people repent whe they see warre, and turne againe to Egypt)

  • Josh 24:17
    73%

    17For the Lorde our God, he brought vs and our fathers out of the lande of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and he did those great miracles in our sight, and preserued vs in all the way that we went, and among all the people through whome we came.

  • Num 14:39
    73%

    39Then Moses tolde these sayings vnto all the children of Israel, and the people sorowed greatly.

  • Exod 10:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9And Moses answered, We will go with our yong and with our olde, with our sonnes and with our daughters, with our sheepe and with our cattell will we goe: for we must celebrate a feast vnto the Lorde.

    10And he said vnto them, Let the Lorde so be with you, as I will let you goe and your children: beholde, for euill is before your face.

  • Num 31:15
    72%

    15And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?

  • Acts 7:39
    72%

    39To whom our fathers would not obey, but refused, and in their hearts turned backe againe into Egypt:

  • Exod 32:12
    72%

    12Wherefore shall the Egyptians speake, and say, He hath brought them out maliciously for to slay them in the mountaines, and to consume them from the earth? turne from thy fearce wrath, and change thy minde from this euill towarde thy people.

  • Deut 1:19
    72%

    19Then we departed from Horeb, and went through all that great and terrible wildernesse (as yee haue seene) by the way of the mountaine of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commaunded vs: and we came to Kadesh-barnea.

  • Num 32:26
    72%

    26Our childre, our wiues, our sheepe, & al our cattell shall remaine there in the cities of Gilead,

  • Josh 5:6
    72%

    6For the children of Israel walked fourtie yeres in the wildernes, till all the people of the men of warre that came out of Egypt were consumed, because they obeyed not the voyce of the Lord: vnto whome the Lord sware, that he would not shewe them the lande, which the Lorde had sworne vnto their fathers, that he would giue vs, euen a land that floweth with milke and hony.

  • Exod 14:3
    72%

    3For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are tangled in the land: the wildernesse hath shut them in.

  • Exod 8:27
    72%

    27Let vs go three dayes iourney in the desert, and sacrifice vnto the Lord our God, as he hath commanded vs.

  • Deut 1:40
    72%

    40But as for you, turne backe, and take your iourney into the wildernesse by the way of the red Sea.