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"Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, ato fall by the sword? bOur wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?"
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Exodus 5:21, Exodus 16:3
Exodus 5
21aThey said to them, "bMay the Lord look upon you and judge you, for you have cmade us odious in Pharaoh's sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us."
Exodus 16
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The sons of Israel said to them, "aWould that we had died by the Lord'S hand in the land of Egypt, bwhen we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger."