Numbers 11:1-10

1Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said. Then the Lord’s anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp.

2Then the people screamed to Moses for help, and when he prayed to the Lord, the fire stopped.

3After that, the area was known as Taberah (which means “the place of burning”), because fire from the Lord had burned among them there.

4Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. “Oh, for some meat!” they exclaimed.

5“We remember the fish we used to eat for free in Egypt. And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic we wanted.

6But now our appetites are gone. All we ever see is this manna!”

7The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin.

8The people would go out and gather it from the ground. They made flour by grinding it with hand mills or pounding it in mortars. Then they boiled it in a pot and made it into flat cakes. These cakes tasted like pastries baked with olive oil.

9The manna came down on the camp with the dew during the night.

10Moses heard all the families standing in the doorways of their tents whining, and the Lord became extremely angry. Moses was also very aggravated.