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Let us return to Egypt
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Numbers 14:2-4

Let us return to Egypt

Rebellion and the wilderness judgment · Numbers 14

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2And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or if only we had died in this wilderness!”

3And why is Yahweh bringing us into this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder. Would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?

4And they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”

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