Numbers 11:1–9

The Israelites Complain

11 And it happened, the people were like those who ⌊complain of hardship⌋a ⌊in the hearing⌋b of Yahweh, and Yahweh ⌊became angry⌋,c and the fire of Yahweh burned among them, and it consumed the edge of the camp. 2 Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire died down. 3 And he called the name of that place Taberahd because the fire of Yahweh burned among them.

4 The riff-raff that were in their midst ⌊had a strong desire⌋;e and the ⌊Israelites⌋f turned back and also wept, and they said, “Who will feed us meat? 5 We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumber, melon, leek, the onions, and the garlic. 6 But now ⌊our strength is dried up⌋;g there is nothing whatsoever except ⌊for the manna before us⌋.”h

7 Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its outward appearance was like that of bdellium-gum. 8 The people went about and gathered it, and they ground it with mills or crushed it with mortar. Then they boiled it in a pot and made it into bread-cakes; and it tasted like olive oil cakes. 9 When the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna came down with it.