Numbers 21:4-5

The Bronze Serpent

4 From Mount Hor a they set out by the way to the Red Sea, b to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way. 5 And the people c spoke against God and against Moses, d "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and e we loathe this worthless food."

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 20:22
    And they journeyed from Kadesh, and the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor.
    Numbers 33:41
    And they set out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah.
  2. Cross References
    Judges 11:18
    Then they journeyed through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab and arrived on the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 78:19
    They spoke against God, saying, "Can God spread a table in the wilderness?
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 16:3
    And the people of Israel said to them, "Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
    Exodus 17:3
    But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, "Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 11:6
    But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.
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