Exodus 16:3

“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

Cross References (23)

  • Numbers 11:4–5 (9)

    Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will

  • Exodus 17:3 (6)

    But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make

  • Numbers 20:3–5 (6)

    The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!

  • Deuteronomy 28:67 (5)

    In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—beca

  • Lamentations 4:9 (5)

    Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fiel

  • Numbers 14:2 (4)

    All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in th

  • Jeremiah 2:6 (4)

    They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, throug

  • Joshua 7:7 (3)

    “O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amo

  • Exodus 2:23 (3)

    After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their

  • 1 Corinthians 4:8 (3)

    Already you have all you want. Already you have become rich. Without us, you have become kings. How I wish you really we

  • Job 3:1 (2)

    After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

  • Numbers 16:13 (2)

    Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Mus

  • Numbers 16:41 (2)

    The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s peop

  • Jonah 4:8–9 (2)

    As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint

  • Job 3:10 (2)

    For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.

  • Job 3:20 (2)

    Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,

  • 2 Corinthians 11:1 (2)

    I hope you will put up with a little of my foolishness, but you are already doing that.

  • Jeremiah 20:14–18 (2)

    Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed.

  • Exodus 5:21 (2)

    “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his offi

  • Deuteronomy 8:3 (2)

    He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you m

  • Numbers 11:15 (2)

    If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see

  • Acts 26:29 (2)

    “Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am,

  • 2 Samuel 18:33 (2)

    The king was shaken and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he walked, he cried out, “O my son Absalom