Numbers

Tells about the Israelites' 40 years in the desert, including their travels and the census of their tribes.

Chapter 14

KJV - Numbers 14:3

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 into Egypt?

Why has the LORD brought us to this land only for us to be killed with swords, and for our wives and children to be taken as captives? Wouldn't it be better for us to go back to Egypt?

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