Numbers 14:3-5

Christian Standard Bible

³ Why is the Lord bringing us into this land to die by the sword? Our wives and children will become plunder.^(A) Wouldn’t it be better for us to go back to Egypt?” ^{(B) 4} So they said to one another, “Let’s appoint a leader and go back to Egypt.”

⁵ Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole assembly of the Israelite community.