1. All night long the people cried out in distress.
2. They complained against Moses and Aaron, and said, “It would have been better to die in Egypt or even here in the wilderness!
3. Why is the Lord taking us into that land? We will be killed in battle, and our wives and children will be captured. Wouldn't it be better to go back to Egypt?”
4. So they said to one another, “Let's choose a leader and go back to Egypt!”
36-37. The men Moses had sent to explore the land brought back a false report which caused the people to complain against the Lord. And so the Lord struck them with a disease, and they died.