Numbers 11:1-10

1But the people started to complain about their problems. The Lord heard them and he became very angry. He sent fire. The Lord sent his fire to burn among them. It destroyed some parts of the camp at the edge.

2So the people asked Moses to help them. And Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire stopped.

3So that place was called Taberah, because the Lord's fire burned among them there.

4Some foreign people were travelling with the Israelites. Those people wanted very much to eat better food. So the Israelites wept again. They said, ‘We want meat to eat!

5We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt. We had as much as we wanted. And we remember all the nice vegetables, cucumbers, leeks, onions and garlic. And we remember the melons.

6But now our mouths are dry and we do not want to eat this food. There is not even anything to look at, except this manna.’

7The manna was like small seeds called coriander. Its colour was yellow and white.

8The people walked about and they picked it up from the ground. They used stones to make it into flour. Or they beat it with a stick. They boiled it in pots, and they made cakes with it. The taste of the cakes was like olive oil.

9At night, dew fell on the ground in the camp. The manna fell with the dew.

10People in every family were crying at the doors of their tents. And Moses heard them. The Lord became very angry with the people. Moses too was not happy.