NUMERI 14:2

E tutti i figliuoli d'Israele mormorarono contro a Mosè, e contro ad Aaronne; e tutta la raunanza disse loro: Fossimo pur morti nel paese di Egitto, o fossimo pur morti in questo deserto.

And 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!