Bilangan 14:3

14:3 Why has the Lord brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn’t it be better for us to return to Egypt?”

Bilangan 14:31

14:31 But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, ¹  and they will enjoy ²  the land that you have despised.

Bilangan 20:15

20:15 how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, ³  and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly. ⁴ 

[14:31]  ¹ tn Or “plunder.”

[14:31]  ² tn Heb “know.”

[20:15]  ³ tn Heb “many days.”

[20:15]  ⁴ tn The verb רָעַע (ra’a’) means “to act or do evil.” Evil here is in the sense of causing pain or trouble. So the causative stem in our passage means “to treat wickedly.”