Numbers 14:1

Therefore all the company cried, and wept in that night,

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In The King James Version

And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

In Context

2and all the sons of Israel grouched against Moses and Aaron, and said, We would that we had been dead in Egypt, either that we were dead in this wilderness; we would that we perished, (and all the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and said, We wish that we had died in Egypt, or that we had already died here in this wilderness; yea, we wish that we were dead,)

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Cross References

Numbers 11:4And the common people of men and women, that had gone up with them, burnt with desire of flesh (or burnt with desire for flesh), and they sat, and wept, with the sons of Israel joined together with them, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Deuteronomy 1:45And when ye turned again, and wept before the Lord, he heard not you, neither would assent to your voice; (And when ye returned, and wept before the Lord, he would not listen to you, nor assent to your pleadings;)

Joshua 14:8And my brethren, that went up with me, discomforted the heart (s) of the people, and nevertheless I followed my Lord God. (And my kinsmen, who went up with me, discomforted the hearts of the people, but nevertheless, I followed the Lord my God.)

Matthew Henry on Numbers 14:1

This chapter gives us an account of that fatal quarrel between God and Israel upon which, for their murmuring and unbelief, he swore in his wrath that they should not enter into his rest. Here is, I. The mutiny and rebellion of Israel against God, upon the report of the evil spies, ver. 1-4 . II. The fruitless endeavour of Moses and Aaron, Caleb and Joshua, to still the tumult, ver. 5-10 . III. Their utter ruin justly threatened by an offended God, ver. 11, 12 . IV. The humble intercession of Moses for them, ver.… Read the whole commentary →

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