Israel’s Refusal to Enter Canaan
1 Then the whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night. 2 All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron, 14:2 Ex 16:2,7–8; 17:3; Nm 14:27; 16:11,41; Ps 59:15 and the whole community told them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! 3 Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder. 14:3 Gn 34:29; Nm 14:31 Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt? " 14:3 Nm 11:5; Dt 17:16; Neh 9:17; Ac 7:394 So they said to one another, "Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt."