³ and the people of Israel said to them, ^(A)“Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, ^(B)when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

⁴ Now the ^(A)rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also ^(B)wept again and said, ^(C)“Oh that we had meat to eat!

³ And the people ^(A)quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished ^(B)when our brothers perished before the Lord!

⁵ And the people ^(A)spoke against God and against Moses, ^(B)“Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and ^(C)we loathe this worthless food.”