Numbers 11
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Numbers 11:1-10

1And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.

2Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.

3So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.

4Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, "Oh that we had meat to eat!

5We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.

6But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at."

7Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.

8The people went about and gathered it and ground it in handmills or beat it in mortars and boiled it in pots and made cakes of it. And the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil.

9When the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.

10Moses heard the people weeping throughout their clans, everyone at the door of his tent. And the anger of the Lord blazed hotly, and Moses was displeased.

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