⁵ they spoke against God^(A) and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt^(B) to die in the wilderness?^(C) There is no bread! There is no water!^(D) And we detest this miserable food!”^(E)

⁶ Then the Lord sent venomous snakes^(A) among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.^(B)