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Numbers 14:1

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AND all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
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  1. Deuteronomy 1:45Rank 1 from verse 1
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    45And ye returned and wept before the Lord; but the Lord would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you.

  2. Numbers 11:1–4Rank 2 from verse 1
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    1AND when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.

    2And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.

    3And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.

    4¶ And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

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Numbers 14:1

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congregation

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1. A gathered assembly, company, or community of people, or the people considered together as a body. 2. In the fixed expressions "tabernacle of the congregation" and "tent of the congregation," part of the name of the appointed meeting place.

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cried

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1. Called out, shouted, proclaimed, warned, wailed, or otherwise uttered, often loudly. 2. Appealed, prayed, complained, or called for help, justice, or attention.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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night

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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.

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14:1AND all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

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14:2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!

14:3And wherefore hath the Lord brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?

14:4And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.

14:5Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel.

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