Numbers 11:4-15

4Some foreigners among the Israelites had a strong craving for ⌞other kinds of⌟ food. Even the Israelites started crying again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

5Remember all the free fish we ate in Egypt and the cucumbers, watermelons, leeks, onions, and garlic we had?

6But now we’ve lost our appetite! Everywhere we look there’s nothing but manna!”

7(Manna was ⌞small⌟ like coriander seeds and looked like resin.

8The people would go around and gather it, then grind it in a handmill or crush it in a mortar. They would cook it in a pot or make round loaves of bread out of it. It tasted like rich pastry made with olive oil.

9When dew fell on the camp at night, manna fell with it.)

10Moses heard people from every family crying at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became very angry, and Moses didn’t like it either.

11So he asked, “Lord, why have you brought me this trouble? How have I displeased you that you put the burden of all these people on me?

12Am I their mother? Did I give birth to them? Are you really asking me to carry them in my arms—as a nurse carries a baby—all the way to the land you promised their ancestors with an oath?

13Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying for me to give them meat to eat.

14I can’t take care of all these people by myself. This is too much work for me!

15If this is how you’re going to treat me, why don’t you just kill me? I can’t face this trouble anymore.”