Numbers 14:3
We wolden that we hadden be deed in Egipt, and not in this waast wildirnesse + 14:3 In Ebreu it is, ether that we weren dede in this wildirnesse. ; we wolden that we perischen, and that the Lord lede vs not in to this lond, lest we fallen bi swerd, and oure wyues and fre children ben led prisoneris; whether it is not betere to turne ayen in to Egipt?
Wycliffe (portions)
In The King James Version
In Context
2and alle the sones of Israel grutchiden ayens Moises and Aaron, and seiden,
4And thei seiden oon to another, Ordeyne we a duyk to vs, and turne we ayen in to Egipt.
Cross References
Numbers 14:31Forsothe Y schal lede in youre litle children, of whiche ye seiden that thei schulden be preyes `ethir raueyns to enemyes, that thei se the lond which displeside you.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 14:2-5
The Murmuring of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. 2 And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! 3 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… Read the whole commentary →