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!”