Numbers 14:1-4

The people turn against Moses

1 Then all the people started to weep loudly. And they cried all night. 2 All the Israelites spoke strongly against Moses and Aaron. All the people said to them, ‘We would rather have died in Egypt, or even in this desert! 3 Why is the Lord taking us into this land? Its people will kill us all with swords. They will take our wives and our children for themselves. We think that it would be better for us to return to Egypt.’

4 So they said to each other, ‘We should choose a new leader instead of Moses. Then we should return to Egypt.’