How they came at last to this desperate resolve, that, instead of going forward to Canaan, they would go back again to Egypt. The motion is first made by way of query only -v. 3-- Were it not better for us to return into Egypt-- But the ferment being high, and the spirits of the people being disposed to entertain any thing that was perverse, it soon ripened to a resolution, without a debate -v. 4-- Let us make a captain and return to Egypt- and it is lamented long after -Neh. 9-17- that in their rebellion they appointed a captain to return to their bondage- for they knew Moses would not be their captain in this retreat.