And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
So they said to one another, “Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
And they say one unto another, `Let us appoint a head, and turn back to Egypt.'
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return to Egypt.
Numbers — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. And all the congregation lifted up their voice. Here we see how easily, by means of a few incentives, sedition is excited in a great multitude; for the people, unless governed by the counsel of others, is like the sea, exposed to many tempests; and the corruption of human…