And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!
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4 additional translationsAnd the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!
and the people strive with Moses, and speak, saying, `And oh that we had expired when our brethren expired before Jehovah!
And the people contended with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentNumbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.
- Author
- Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
- Date
- The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC