21 And (A)they said to them, “(B)May the Lord look upon you and judge you, because you have (C)made [a]us repulsive in Pharaoh’s sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us!”

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  1. Exodus 5:21 Lit our odor stink

21 and they said, “May the Lord look on you and judge(A) you! You have made us obnoxious(B) to Pharaoh and his officials and have put a sword(C) in their hand to kill us.”(D)

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11 Then (A)they said to Moses, “Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, [a]bringing us out of Egypt?

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  1. Exodus 14:11 Lit so as to bring

11 They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die?(A) What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

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24 So the people (A)grumbled at Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

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24 So the people grumbled(A) against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”(B)

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But the whole congregation of the sons of Israel (A)grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

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In the desert the whole community grumbled(A) against Moses and Aaron.

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So the people (A)quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water so that we may drink!” And Moses said to them, “(B)Why do you quarrel with me? (C)Why do you test the Lord?” But the people were thirsty for water there; and [a]they (D)grumbled against Moses and said, “Why is it that you have you brought us up from Egypt, to kill [b]us and [c]our children and [d](E)our livestock with thirst?”

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  1. Exodus 17:3 Lit the people
  2. Exodus 17:3 Lit me
  3. Exodus 17:3 Lit my
  4. Exodus 17:3 Lit my

So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water(A) to drink.”(B)

Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the Lord to the test?”(C)

But the people were thirsty(D) for water there, and they grumbled(E) against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die(F) of thirst?”

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The Golden Calf

32 Now when the people saw that Moses (A)delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled around Aaron and said to him, “Come, (B)make us [a]a god who will go before us; for (C)this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt—we do not know what happened to him.”

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  1. Exodus 32:1 Or gods

The Golden Calf

32 When the people saw that Moses was so long in coming down from the mountain,(A) they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods[a] who will go before(B) us. As for this fellow Moses who brought us up out of Egypt, we don’t know what has happened to him.”(C)

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  1. Exodus 32:1 Or a god; also in verses 23 and 31

The People Complain

11 Now the people became like (A)those who complain of adversity (B)in the ears of the Lord; and the Lord heard them and His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some at the outskirts of the camp.

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Fire From the Lord

11 Now the people complained(A) about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord,(B) and when he heard them his anger was aroused.(C) Then fire from the Lord burned among them(D) and consumed(E) some of the outskirts of the camp.

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Now the (A)rabble who were among them [a]had greedy cravings; and the sons of Israel also wept again and said, “(B)Who will give us [b]meat to eat?

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  1. Numbers 11:4 Lit desired a desire
  2. Numbers 11:4 Lit flesh, and so throughout the ch

Quail From the Lord

The rabble with them began to crave other food,(A) and again the Israelites started wailing(B) and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

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The Murmuring of Miriam and Aaron

12 Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a (A)Cushite woman);

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Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses

12 Miriam(A) and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife,(B) for he had married a Cushite.

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And all the sons of Israel (A)grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the entire congregation said to them, “(B)If only we had died in the land of Egypt! Or even if we had died in this wilderness!

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All the Israelites grumbled(A) against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, “If only we had died in Egypt!(B) Or in this wilderness!(C)

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