4 Now the zrabble that was among them had a strong craving. And thepeople of Israel also awept again and said, b“Oh that we had meat to eat!5 cWe remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers,the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. 6 But now our strength isdried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.”

7 Now dthe manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that ofbdellium. 8 eThe people went about and gathered it and ground it inhandmills or beat it in mortars and boiled it in pots and made cakes of it.fAnd the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil. 9 gWhen thedew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.

10 Moses heard the people hweeping throughout their clans, everyone atthe door of his tent. And the anger of the LORD blazed hotly, and Moses wasdispleased. 11 iMoses said to the LORD, “Why have you dealt ill with yourservant? And why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay theburden of all this people on me? 12 Did I conceive all this people? Did I givethem birth, that you should say to me, j‘Carry them in your bosom, as aknurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land lthat you swore to give theirfathers? 13 mWhere am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weepbefore me and say, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’ 14 nI am not able to carryall this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If you will treat melike this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see mywretchedness.”