³ He then named that place Taberah,^[a] because the Lord’s fire had incinerated some of them.

⁴ Meanwhile, certain riff-raff among the people^[b] had an insatiable appetite^[c] for food. As a result, they wept and turned back, and the Israelis cried out, “If only somebody would feed us some meat! ⁵ How we remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for free! And the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic!