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Ps 106:24	Strong Concordance	Yea, they despised [03988] the pleasant [02532] land [0776], they believed [0539] not his word [01697]:
	King James	Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
The sin of refusing to invade Canaan, "the pleasant land" (Jer 3:19; Eze 20:6; Dan 8:9), "the land of beauty," was punished by the destruction of that generation (Num 14:28), and the threat of dispersion (Deu 4:25; Deu 28:32) afterwards made to their posterity, and fulfilled in the great calamities now bewailed, may have also been then added. despised-- (Num 14:31). believed not his word--by which He promised He would give them the land; but rather the word of the faithless spies (compare Psa 78:22).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

The sin of refusing to invade Canaan, "the pleasant land" (Jer 3:19; Eze 20:6; Dan 8:9), "the land of beauty," was punished by the destruction of that generation (Num 14:28), and the threat of dispersion (Deu 4:25; Deu 28:32) afterwards made to their posterity, and fulfilled in the great calamities now bewailed, may have also been then added.

despised-- (Num 14:31).

believed not his word--by which He promised He would give them the land; but rather the word of the faithless spies (compare Psa 78:22).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Yea, they despised the pleasant land - Margin, as in Hebrew, "land of desire." That is, a country "to be desired," - a country whose situation, climate, productions, made it desirable as a place of abode. Such Palestine was always represented to be to the children of Israel (Lev 20:24; Num 13:27; Num 14:8; Num 16:14; Deu 6:3; Deu 11:9; et al.;) but this land had to them, at the time here referred to, no attractions, and they rather desired to return again to Egypt; Num 11:5. They believed not his word - His assurance in regard to the land to which they were going.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The fact to which the poet refers in Psa 106:24, viz., the rebellion in consequence of the report of the spies, which he brings forward as the fourth principal sin, is narrated in Num 13, Num 14. The appellation ארץ חמדּה is also found in Jer 3:19; Zac 7:14. As to the rest, the expression is altogether Pentateuchal. "They despised the land," after Num 14:31; "they murmured in their tents," after Deu 1:27; "to lift up the land" = to swear, after Exo 6:8; Deu 32:40; the threat להפּיל, to make them fall down, fall away, after Num 14:29, Num 14:32. The threat of exile is founded upon the two great threatening chapters, Lev 26; Deu 28:1; cf. more particularly Lev 26:33 (together with the echoes in Eze 5:12; Eze 12:14, etc.), Deu 28:64 (together with the echoes in Jer 9:15; Eze 22:15, etc.). Eze 20:23 stands in a not accidental relationship to Psa 106:26.; and according to that passage, וּלהפיל is an error of the copyist for וּלהפיץ (Hitzig). Now follows in Psa 106:28-31 the fifth of the principal sins, viz., the taking part in the Moabitish worship of Baal. The verb נצמד (to be bound or chained), taken from Num 25:3, Num 25:5, points to the prostitution with which Baal Per, this Moabitish Priapus, was worshipped. The sacrificial feastings in which, according to Num 25:2, they took part, are called eating the sacrifices of the dead, because the idols are dead beings (nekroi', Wisd. 13:10-18) as opposed to God, the living One. The catena on Rev 2:14 correctly interprets: τὰ τοῖς εἰδώλοις τελεσθέντα κρέα. (Note: In the second section of Aboda zara, on the words of the Mishna: "The flesh which is intended to be offered first of all to idols is allowed, but that which comes out of the temple is forbidden, because it is like sacrifices of the dead," it is observed, fol. 32b: "Whence, said R. Jehuda ben Bethra, do I know that that which is offered to idols (תקרובת לעבדה זרה) pollutes like a dead body? From Psa 106:28. As the dead body pollutes everything that is under the same roof with it, so also does everything that is offered to idols." The Apostle Paul declares the objectivity of this pollution to be vain, cf. more particularly Co1 10:28.) The object of "they made angry" is omitted; the author is fond of this, cf. Psa 106:7 and Psa 106:32. The expression in Psa 106:29 is like Exo 19:24. The verb עמד is chosen with reference to Num 17:13. The result is expressed in Psa 106:30 after Num 25:8, Num 25:18., Num 17:13. With פּלּל, to adjust, to judge adjustingly (lxx, Vulgate, correctly according to the sense, ἐξιλάσατο), the poet associates the thought of the satisfaction due to divine right, which Phinehas executed with the javelin. This act of zeal for Jahve, which compensated for Israel's unfaithfulness, was accounted unto him for righteousness, by his being rewarded for it with the priesthood unto everlasting ages, Num 25:10-13. This accounting of a work for righteousness is only apparently contradictory to Gen 15:5.: it was indeed an act which sprang from a constancy in faith, and one which obtained for him the acceptation of a righteous man for the sake of this upon which it was based, by proving him to be such. In Psa 106:32, Psa 106:33 follows the sixth of the principal sins, viz., the insurrection against Moses and Aaron at the waters of strife in the fortieth year, in connection with which Moses forfeited the entrance with them into the Land of Promise (Num 20:11., Deu 1:37; Deu 32:51), since he suffered himself to be carried away by the persevering obstinacy of the people against the Spirit of God (המרה mostly providing the future for מרה, as in Psa 106:7, Psa 106:43, Psa 78:17, Psa 78:40, Psa 78:56, of obstinacy against God; on את־רוּחו cf. Isa 63:10) into uttering the words addressed to the people, Num 20:10, in which, as the smiting of the rock which was twice repeated shows, is expressed impatience together with a tinge of unbelief. The poet distinguishes, as does the narrative in Num. 20, between the obstinacy of the people and the transgression of Moses, which is there designated, according to that which lay at the root of it, as unbelief. The retrospective reference to Num 27:14 needs adjustment accordingly.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The fact to which the poet refers in Psa 106:24, viz., the rebellion in consequence of the report of the spies, which he brings forward as the fourth principal sin, is narrated in Num 13, Num 14. The appellation ארץ חמדּה is also found in Jer 3:19; Zac 7:14. As to the rest, the expression is altogether Pentateuchal. "They despised the land," after Num 14:31; "they murmured in their tents," after Deu 1:27; "to lift up the land" = to swear, after Exo 6:8; Deu 32:40; the threat להפּיל, to make them fall down, fall away, after Num 14:29, Num 14:32. The threat of exile is founded upon the two great threatening chapters, Lev 26; Deu 28:1; cf. more particularly Lev 26:33 (together with the echoes in Eze 5:12; Eze 12:14, etc.), Deu 28:64 (together with the echoes in Jer 9:15; Eze 22:15, etc.). Eze 20:23 stands in a not accidental relationship to Psa 106:26.; and according to that passage, וּלהפיל is an error of the copyist for וּלהפיץ (Hitzig).

Now follows in Psa 106:28-31 the fifth of the principal sins, viz., the taking part in the Moabitish worship of Baal. The verb נצמד (to be bound or chained), taken from Num 25:3, Num 25:5, points to the prostitution with which Baal Per, this Moabitish Priapus, was worshipped. The sacrificial feastings in which, according to Num 25:2, they took part, are called eating the sacrifices of the dead, because the idols are dead beings (nekroi', Wisd. 13:10-18) as opposed to God, the living One. The catena on Rev 2:14 correctly interprets: τὰ τοῖς εἰδώλοις τελεσθέντα κρέα.

(Note: In the second section of Aboda zara, on the words of the Mishna: "The flesh which is intended to be offered first of all to idols is allowed, but that which comes out of the temple is forbidden, because it is like sacrifices of the dead," it is observed, fol. 32b: "Whence, said R. Jehuda ben Bethra, do I know that that which is offered to idols (תקרובת לעבדה זרה) pollutes like a dead body? From Psa 106:28. As the dead body pollutes everything that is under the same roof with it, so also does everything that is offered to idols." The Apostle Paul declares the objectivity of this pollution to be vain, cf. more particularly Co1 10:28.)

The object of "they made angry" is omitted; the author is fond of this, cf. Psa 106:7 and Psa 106:32. The expression in Psa 106:29 is like Exo 19:24. The verb עמד is chosen with reference to Num 17:13. The result is expressed in Psa 106:30 after Num 25:8, Num 25:18., Num 17:13. With פּלּל, to adjust, to judge adjustingly (lxx, Vulgate, correctly according to the sense, ἐξιλάσατο), the poet associates the thought of the satisfaction due to divine right, which Phinehas executed with the javelin. This act of zeal for Jahve, which compensated for Israel's unfaithfulness, was accounted unto him for righteousness, by his being rewarded for it with the priesthood unto everlasting ages, Num 25:10-13. This accounting of a work for righteousness is only apparently contradictory to Gen 15:5.: it was indeed an act which sprang from a constancy in faith, and one which obtained for him the acceptation of a righteous man for the sake of this upon which it was based, by proving him to be such.

In Psa 106:32, Psa 106:33 follows the sixth of the principal sins, viz., the insurrection against Moses and Aaron at the waters of strife in the fortieth year, in connection with which Moses forfeited the entrance with them into the Land of Promise (Num 20:11., Deu 1:37; Deu 32:51), since he suffered himself to be carried away by the persevering obstinacy of the people against the Spirit of God (המרה mostly providing the future for מרה, as in Psa 106:7, Psa 106:43, Psa 78:17, Psa 78:40, Psa 78:56, of obstinacy against God; on את־רוּחו cf. Isa 63:10) into uttering the words addressed to the people, Num 20:10, in which, as the smiting of the rock which was twice repeated shows, is expressed impatience together with a tinge of unbelief. The poet distinguishes, as does the narrative in Num. 20, between the obstinacy of the people and the transgression of Moses, which is there designated, according to that which lay at the root of it, as unbelief. The retrospective reference to Num 27:14 needs adjustment accordingly.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Despised - Preferring Egypt, and their former bondage, before it, Num 14:3-4.

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²² Because they believed [0539] not in God [0430], and trusted [0982] not in his salvation [03444]:

³¹ But your little ones [02945], which ye said [0559] should be a prey [0957], them will I bring in [0935], and they shall know [03045] the land [0776] which ye have despised [03988].

³² Thy sons [01121] and thy daughters [01323] shall be given [05414] unto another [0312] people [05971], and thine eyes [05869] shall look [07200], and fail [03616] with longing for them all the day [03117] long: and there shall be no might [0410] in thine hand [03027].

²⁵ When thou shalt beget [03205] children [01121], and children's [01121] children [01121], and ye shall have remained long [03462] in the land [0776], and shall corrupt [07843] yourselves, and make [06213] a graven image [06459], or the likeness [08544] of any thing, and shall do [06213] evil [07451] in the sight [05869] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], to provoke him to anger [03707]:

²⁸ Say [0559] unto them, As truly as [03808] I live [02416], saith [05002] the LORD [03068], as ye have spoken [01696] in mine ears [0241], so will I do [06213] to you:

⁹ And out of one [0259] of them came forth [03318] a little [04704] horn [07161], which waxed exceeding [03499] great [01431], toward the south [05045], and toward the east [04217], and toward the pleasant [06643] land.

⁶ In the day [03117] that I lifted up [05375] mine hand [03027] unto them, to bring them forth [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] into a land [0776] that I had espied [08446] for them, flowing [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706], which is the glory [06643] of all lands [0776]:

¹⁹ But I said [0559], How shall I put [07896] thee among the children [01121], and give [05414] thee a pleasant [02532] land [0776], a goodly [06643] heritage [05159] of the hosts [06635] of nations [01471]? and I said [0559], Thou shalt call [07121] me, My father [01]; and shalt not turn away [07725] from me [0310].

⁵ We remember [02142] the fish [01710], which we did eat [0398] in Egypt [04714] freely [02600]; the cucumbers [07180], and the melons [020], and the leeks [02682], and the onions [01211], and the garlick [07762]:

⁹ And that ye may prolong [0748] your days [03117] in the land [0127], which the LORD [03068] sware [07650] unto your fathers [01] to give [05414] unto them and to their seed [02233], a land [0776] that floweth [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706].

³ Hear [08085] therefore, O Israel [03478], and observe [08104] to do [06213] it; that it may be well [03190] with thee, and that ye may increase [07235] mightily [03966], as the LORD [03068] God [0430] of thy fathers [01] hath promised [01696] thee, in the land [0776] that floweth [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706].

¹⁴ Moreover [0637] thou hast not brought [0935] us into a land [0776] that floweth [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706], or given [05414] us inheritance [05159] of fields [07704] and vineyards [03754]: wilt thou put out [05365] the eyes [05869] of these men [0582]? we will not come up [05927].

⁸ If the LORD [03068] delight [02654] in us, then he will bring [0935] us into this land [0776], and give [05414] it us; a land [0776] which floweth [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706].

²⁷ And they told [05608] him, and said [0559], We came [0935] unto the land [0776] whither thou sentest [07971] us, and surely it floweth [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706]; and this is the fruit [06529] of it.

²⁴ But I have said [0559] unto you, Ye shall inherit [03423] their land [0127], and I will give [05414] it unto you to possess [03423] it, a land [0776] that floweth [02100] with milk [02461] and honey [01706]: I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430], which have separated [0914] you from other people [05971].

¹⁴ For ye rebelled [04784] against my commandment [06310] in the desert [04057] of Zin [06790], in the strife [04808] of the congregation [05712], to sanctify [06942] me at the water [04325] before their eyes [05869]: that is the water [04325] of Meribah [04809] in Kadesh [06946] in the wilderness [04057] of Zin [06790].

¹⁰ And Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] gathered [06950] the congregation [06951] together before [06440] the rock [05553], and he said [0559] unto them, Hear [08085] now, ye rebels [04784]; must we fetch [03318] you water [04325] out of this rock [05553]?

¹⁰ But they rebelled [04784], and vexed [06087] his holy [06944] Spirit [07307]: therefore he was turned [02015] to be their enemy [0341], and he fought [03898] against them.

⁵⁶ Yet they tempted [05254] and provoked [04784] the most high [05945] God [0430], and kept [08104] not his testimonies [05713]:

⁴⁰ How [04100] oft did they provoke [04784] him in the wilderness [04057], and grieve [06087] him in the desert [03452]!

¹⁷ And they sinned [02398] yet more [03254] against him by provoking [04784] the most High [05945] in the wilderness [06723].

⁴³ Many [07227] times [06471] did he deliver [05337] them; but they provoked [04784] him with their counsel [06098], and were brought low [04355] for their iniquity [05771].

⁷ Our fathers [01] understood [07919] not thy wonders [06381] in Egypt [04714]; they remembered [02142] not the multitude [07230] of thy mercies [02617]; but provoked [04784] him at the sea [03220], even at the Red [05488] sea [03220].

⁵¹ Because ye trespassed [04603] against me among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] at the waters [04325] of Meribah-Kadesh [04808] [06946], in the wilderness [04057] of Zin [06790]; because ye sanctified [06942] me not in the midst [08432] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].

³⁷ Also the LORD [03068] was angry [0599] with me for your sakes [01558], saying [0559], Thou also shalt not go [0935] in thither [08033].

¹¹ And Moses [04872] lifted up [07311] his hand [03027], and with his rod [04294] he smote [05221] the rock [05553] twice [06471]: and the water [04325] came out [03318] abundantly [07227], and the congregation [05712] drank [08354], and their beasts [01165] also.

³³ Because they provoked [04784] his spirit [07307], so that he spake unadvisedly [0981] with his lips [08193].

³² They angered [07107] him also at the waters [04325] of strife [04808] [04809], so that it went ill [03415] with Moses [04872] for their sakes:

⁵ And he brought him forth [03318] abroad [02351], and said [0559], Look [05027] now toward heaven [08064], and tell [05608] the stars [03556], if thou be able [03201] to number [05608] them: and he said [0559] unto him, So [03541] shall thy seed [02233] be.

¹⁰ And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
¹¹ Phinehas [06372], the son [01121] of Eleazar [0499], the son [01121] of Aaron [0175] the priest [03548], hath turned [07725] my wrath [02534] away [07725] from the children [01121] of Israel [03478], while he was zealous [07065] for my sake [07068] among [08432] them, that I consumed [03615] not the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in my jealousy [07068].
¹² Wherefore say [0559], Behold, I give [05414] unto him my covenant [01285] of peace [07965]:
¹³ And he shall have it, and his seed [02233] after [0310] him, even the covenant [01285] of an everlasting [05769] priesthood [03550]; because [0834] he was zealous [07065] for his God [0430], and made an atonement [03722] for the children [01121] of Israel [03478].

¹³ Whosoever cometh any thing near [07131] unto the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068] shall die [04191]: shall we be consumed [08552] with dying [01478]?

¹⁸ For they vex [06887] you with their wiles [05231], wherewith they have beguiled [05230] you in the matter [01697] of Peor [06465], and in the matter [01697] of Cozbi [03579], the daughter [01323] of a prince [05387] of Midian [04080], their sister [0269], which was slain [05221] in the day [03117] of the plague [04046] for Peor's [06465] sake [01697].

⁸ And he went [0935] after [0310] the man [0376] of Israel [03478] into the tent [06898], and thrust [01856] both [08147] of them through, the man [0376] of Israel [03478], and the woman [0802] through [0413] her belly [06897]. So the plague [04046] was stayed [06113] from the children [01121] of Israel [03478].

³⁰ Then stood up [05975] Phinehas [06372], and executed judgment [06419]: and so the plague [04046] was stayed [06113].

¹³ Whosoever cometh any thing near [07131] unto the tabernacle [04908] of the LORD [03068] shall die [04191]: shall we be consumed [08552] with dying [01478]?

²⁴ And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto him, Away [03212], get thee down [03381], and thou shalt come up [05927], thou, and Aaron [0175] with thee: but let not the priests [03548] and the people [05971] break through [02040] to come up [05927] unto the LORD [03068], lest he break forth [06555] upon them.

²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger [03707] with their inventions [04611]: and the plague [04046] brake in [06555] upon them.

³² They angered [07107] him also at the waters [04325] of strife [04808] [04809], so that it went ill [03415] with Moses [04872] for their sakes:

²⁸ But [1161] if [1437] any man [5100] say [2036] unto you [5213], This [5124] is [2076] offered in sacrifice unto idols [1494], eat [2068] not [3361] for [1223] his sake [1565] that shewed it [3377], and [2532] for conscience sake [4893]: for [1063] the earth [1093] is the Lord's [2962], and [2532] the fulness [4138] thereof [846]:

²⁸ They joined [06775] themselves also unto Baalpeor [01187], and ate [0398] the sacrifices [02077] of the dead [04191].

¹⁴ But [235] I have [2192] a few things [3641] against [2596] thee [4675], because [3754] thou hast [2192] there [1563] them that hold [2902] the doctrine [1322] of Balaam [903], who [3739] taught [1722] [1321] Balac [904] to cast [906] a stumblingblock [4625] before [1799] the children [5207] of Israel [2474], to eat [5315] things sacrificed unto idols [1494], and [2532] to commit fornication [4203].

² And they called [07121] the people [05971] unto the sacrifices [02077] of their gods [0430]: and the people [05971] did eat [0398], and bowed down [07812] to their gods [0430].

⁵ And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto the judges [08199] of Israel [03478], Slay [02026] ye every [0376] one [0376] his men [0582] that were joined [06775] unto Baalpeor [01187].

³ And Israel [03478] joined [06775] himself unto Baalpeor [01187]: and the anger [0639] of the LORD [03068] was kindled [02734] against Israel [03478].

²⁸ They joined [06775] themselves also unto Baalpeor [01187], and ate [0398] the sacrifices [02077] of the dead [04191].
²⁹ Thus they provoked him to anger [03707] with their inventions [04611]: and the plague [04046] brake in [06555] upon them.
³⁰ Then stood up [05975] Phinehas [06372], and executed judgment [06419]: and so the plague [04046] was stayed [06113].
³¹ And that was counted [02803] unto him for righteousness [06666] unto all [01755] generations [01755] for [05704] evermore [05769].

²⁶ Therefore he lifted up [05375] his hand [03027] against them, to overthrow [05307] them in the wilderness [04057]:

²³ I lifted up [05375] mine hand [03027] unto them also in the wilderness [04057], that I would scatter [06327] them among the heathen [01471], and disperse [02219] them through the countries [0776];

¹⁵ And I will scatter [06327] thee among the heathen [01471], and disperse [02219] thee in the countries [0776], and will consume [08552] thy filthiness [02932] out of thee.

¹⁵ Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; Behold, I will feed [0398] them, even this people [05971], with wormwood [03939], and give them water [04325] of gall [07219] to drink [08248].

⁶⁴ And the LORD [03068] shall scatter [06327] thee among all people [05971], from the one end [07097] of the earth [0776] even unto the other [07097]; and there thou shalt serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430], which neither thou nor thy fathers [01] have known [03045], even wood [06086] and stone [068].

¹⁴ And I will scatter [02219] toward every wind [07307] all that are about [05439] him to help [05828] him, and all his bands [0102]; and I will draw out [07324] the sword [02719] after [0310] them.

¹² A third part [07992] of thee shall die [04191] with the pestilence [01698], and with famine [07458] shall they be consumed [03615] in the midst [08432] of thee: and a third part [07992] shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719] round about [05439] thee; and I will scatter [02219] a third part [07992] into all the winds [07307], and I will draw out [07324] a sword [02719] after [0310] them.

³³ And I will scatter [02219] you among the heathen [01471], and will draw out [07324] a sword [02719] after [0310] you: and your land [0776] shall be desolate [08077], and your cities [05892] waste [02723].

¹ And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken [08085] diligently [08085] unto the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068] thy God [0430], to observe [08104] and to do [06213] all his commandments [04687] which I command [06680] thee this day [03117], that the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] will set [05414] thee on high [05945] above all nations [01471] of the earth [0776]:

³² But as for you, your carcases [06297], they shall fall [05307] in this wilderness [04057].

²⁹ Your carcases [06297] shall fall [05307] in this wilderness [04057]; and all that were numbered [06485] of you, according to your whole number [04557], from twenty [06242] years [08141] old [01121] and upward [04605], which have murmured [03885] against me,

⁴⁰ For I lift up [05375] my hand [03027] to heaven [08064], and say [0559], I live [02416] for ever [05769].

⁸ And I will bring [0935] you in unto the land [0776], concerning the which I did swear [05375] [03027] to give [05414] it to Abraham [085], to Isaac [03327], and to Jacob [03290]; and I will give [05414] it you for an heritage [04181]: I am the LORD [03068].

²⁷ And ye murmured [07279] in your tents [0168], and said [0559], Because the LORD [03068] hated [08135] us, he hath brought us forth [03318] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], to deliver [05414] us into the hand [03027] of the Amorites [0567], to destroy [08045] us.

³¹ But your little ones [02945], which ye said [0559] should be a prey [0957], them will I bring in [0935], and they shall know [03045] the land [0776] which ye have despised [03988].

¹⁴ But I scattered them with a whirlwind [05590] among all the nations [01471] whom they knew [03045] not. Thus the land [0776] was desolate [08074] after [0310] them, that no man passed through [05674] nor returned [07725]: for they laid [07760] the pleasant [02532] land [0776] desolate [08047].

²⁴ Yea, they despised [03988] the pleasant [02532] land [0776], they believed [0539] not his word [01697]:

³ And wherefore hath the LORD [03068] brought [0935] us unto this land [0776], to fall [05307] by the sword [02719], that our wives [0802] and our children [02945] should be a prey [0957]? were it not better [02896] for us to return [07725] into Egypt [04714]?
⁴ And they said [0559] one [0376] to another [0251], Let us make [05414] a captain [07218], and let us return [07725] into Egypt [04714].