The result? “ All the sons of Israel began to murmur against Moses and Aaron, and all the assembly began to say against them: ‘ If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness!
« تَذَمَّرَ جَمِيعُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى مُوسَى وَهَارُونَ ،‏ وَقَالَتْ لَهُمَا ٱلْجَمَاعَةُ كُلُّهَا :‏ ‹ يَا لَيْتَنَا مُتْنَا فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ ،‏ أَوْ يَا لَيْتَنَا مُتْنَا فِي هٰذِهِ ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ !‏