The people quarreled with Moses and said,“ If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord.

百姓向摩西争闹说：“我们的弟兄曾死在耶和华面前，我们恨不得与他们同死。

百姓与摩西争闹，说：“我们恨不得与我们的弟兄一同死在耶和华面前。

百姓与摩西争闹，说：“我们恨不得与我们的弟兄一同死在耶和华面前。

他们埋怨说：“还不如当初跟我们的弟兄一起死在耶和华面前！

人民与摩西争闹，说：“但愿我们的兄弟在耶和华面前死去的时候，我们也一同死去！

百姓向摩西爭鬧說：「我們的弟兄曾死在耶和華面前，我們恨不得與他們同死。

百姓與摩西爭鬧，說：「我們恨不得與我們的弟兄一同死在耶和華面前。

百姓與摩西爭鬧，說：「我們恨不得與我們的弟兄一同死在耶和華面前。

他們埋怨說：「還不如當初跟我們的弟兄一起死在耶和華面前！

人民與摩西爭鬧，說：“但願我們的兄弟在耶和華面前死去的時候，我們也一同死去！

人民和摩西吵鬧，條陳說：『我們的族弟兄曾死在永恆主面前，我們巴不得那時候也死好啦！

與摩西爭曰、昔我兄弟死於耶和華前、我儕甚願與之偕亡、

與摩西爭曰、昔我兄弟死於耶和華前、我儕願偕亡為幸。

民與摩西爭曰、昔我兄弟死於主前、我儕恨不與之偕亡、

They quarreled with Moses and said,“ If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord!

They argued with Moses. They said,“ We wish we had died when our people fell dead in front of the Lord.

And the people quarreled with Moses and said,“ Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!

The people blamed Moses and said,“ If only we had died in the Lord’s presence with our brothers!

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

Then the people argued with Moses and spoke, saying,“ If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!

And the people contended with Moses and spoke, saying:“ If only we had died when our brethren died before the Lord!

And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!

And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!

The people contended with Moses, saying,“ If only we had died when our brothers died before the LORD!

The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke, saying,“ We wish that we had died when our brothers died before Yahweh!

So the people complained to Moses,“ Give us water to drink.”“ Why are you complaining to me?” Moses replied to them.“ Why are you testing the Lord?”

Just as he finished speaking all these words, the ground beneath them split open.The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, all Korah’s people, and all their possessions.They went down alive into Sheol with all that belonged to them. The earth closed over them, and they vanished from the assembly.At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled because they thought,“ The earth may swallow us too!”Fire also came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were presenting the incense.

Then the whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night.All the Israelites complained about Moses and Aaron, and the whole community told them,“ If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!

But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who died because of the Korah incident.

Now the people began complaining openly before the Lord about hardship. When the Lord heard, His anger burned, and fire from the Lord blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

So the men Moses sent to scout out the land, and who returned and incited the entire community to complain about him by spreading a negative report about the land—those men who spread the negative report about the land were struck down by the Lord.

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the Lord’s anger burned against the people, and the Lord struck them with a very severe plague.So they named that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved the meat.

The entire Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.The Israelites said to them,“ If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate all the bread we wanted. Instead, you brought us into this wilderness to make this whole assembly die of hunger!”

For that night did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb, and hide sorrow from my eyes.Why was I not stillborn; why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

Those slain by the sword are better off than those slain by hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.