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Numbers 21:5

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

KJV

locutusque contra Deum et Moysen, ait : Cur eduxisti nos de Ægypto, ut moreremur in solitudine ? deest panis, non sunt aquæ : anima nostra jam nauseat super cibo isto levissimo.

Vulgate

Καὶ κατελάλει ὁ λαὸς πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ κατὰ Μωυσῆ λέγοντες Ἵνα τί τοῦτο ἐξήγαγες ἡμᾶς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἀποκτεῖναι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ; ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἄρτος οὐδὲ ὕδωρ, ἡ δὲ ψυχὴ ἡμῶν προσώχθισεν ἐν τῷ ἄρτῳ τῷ διακένῳ.

LXX

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

ASV

וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר הָ/עָ֗ם בֵּֽ/אלֹהִים֮ וּ/בְ/מֹשֶׁה֒ לָ/מָ֤ה הֶֽעֱלִיתֻ֨/נוּ֙ מִ/מִּצְרַ֔יִם לָ/מ֖וּת בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֑ר כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין לֶ֨חֶם֙ וְ/אֵ֣ין מַ֔יִם וְ/נַפְשֵׁ֣/נוּ קָ֔צָה בַּ/לֶּ֖חֶם הַ/קְּלֹקֵֽל

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Moses

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
י
y
noun · 752×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
יָּ֨קָץ֙
yqts
verb · 9×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֶ֣חֶם
lchm
noun · 297×
מִצְרַ֔יִם
mtsrym
proper_noun · 634×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
מַה
mh
particle · 745×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
קְּלֹקֵֽל
qlql
adjective · 1×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2130Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.69

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 10:9 — Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
  • Deut 1:27 — And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
  • Deut 9:7 — Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been reb
  • Exod 14:11 — And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
  • Exod 16:2 — And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
  • Exod 16:15 — And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
  • Exod 17:2 — Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
  • Exod 17:2 — Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
  • Ezek 20:21 — Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I
  • Num 11:1 — And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts
  • Num 11:1 — And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts
  • Num 11:6 — But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
  • Num 11:20 — But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth
  • Num 14:1 — And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
  • Num 16:13 — Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us?
  • Num 16:41 — But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
  • Num 17:12 — And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.
  • Num 24:8 — God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
  • Prov 27:7 — The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
  • Ps 78:19 — Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
  • Ps 78:19 — Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?