Numbers 14:4
“And they saide one to another, Let vs make a captaine, and let vs returne into Egypt.”
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Numbers 14:4 Context
2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses, and against Aaron: and the whole Congregation said vnto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt, or would God we had died in this wildernesse. 3And wherefore hath the Lord brought vs vnto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wiues, and our children should be a pray? Were it not better for vs to returne into Egypt? 4And they saide one to another, Let vs make a captaine, and let vs returne into Egypt. 5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the Congregation of the children of Israel. 6¶ And Ioshua the sonne of Nun, and Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes.
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Other Translations for Numbers 14:4
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
- King James Version
So they said to one another, "Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they said to one another, Let us make a captain over us, and go back to Egypt.
- Basic English Bible
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return to Egypt.
- Darby Bible
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
- Webster's Bible
They said one to another, "Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt."
- World English Bible
And they say one unto another, `Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they said one to another: 'Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 14:4
14:4 A captain - Instead of Moses, one who will be more faithful to our interest than he. Into Egypt - Stupendous madness! Whence should they have protection against the hazards, and provision against all the wants of the wilderness? Could they expect either God's cloud to cover and guide them, or Manna from heaven to feed them? Who could conduct them over the Red - sea? Or, if they went another way, who should defend them against those nations whose borders they were to pass? What entertainment could they expect from the Egyptians, whom they had deserted and brought to so much ruin?