Numbers 14:1 (LSB)

Passage

Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

Nearby Context

Numbers 14:1 Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night.

Numbers 14:2 And all the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!

Numbers 14:3 And why is Yahweh bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "congregation", "lifted", "voices", "cried", "people", "wept", and "night". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "congregation" and "lifted", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And all the sons of Israel grumbled...", so "congregation" and "lifted" should be read forward into that movement. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "congregation" and "lifted" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.