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Meanwhile, certain riff-raff among the people[a] had an insatiable appetite[b] for food. As a result, they wept and turned back, and the Israelis cried out, “If only somebody would feed us some meat! How we remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for free! And the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic! But now we can’t stand it anymore,[c] because there’s nothing in front of us except this manna.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:4 Lit. among them
  2. Numbers 11:4 Lit. craved for a craving
  3. Numbers 11:6 Lit. now our strength is dried up