Numbers 14:36
Context14:36 The men whom Moses sent to investigate the land, who returned and made the whole community murmur against him by producing 1 an evil report about the land,
Numbers 16:11
Context16:11 Therefore you and all your company have assembled together against the Lord! And Aaron – what is he that you murmur against him?” 2
Numbers 17:5
Context17:5 And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you.”
1 tn The verb is the Hiphil infinitive construct with a lamed (ל) preposition from the root יָצָא (yatsa’, “to bring out”). The use of the infinitive here is epexegetical, that is, explaining how they caused the people to murmur.
2 sn The question indicates that they had been murmuring against Aaron, that is, expressing disloyalty and challenging his leadership. But it is actually against the