And the people cried unto Moses, and he made
intercession unto the LORD and the fire quenched. And they called
the name of the place Tabera because the fire of the LORD burnt
among them. And the rascal people that was among them fell a
lusting. And the children of Israel also went to and wept and
said: who shall give us flesh to eat? we remember the fish which
we should eat in Egypt for nought, and of the Cucumbers and
melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now our souls are dried
away, for our eyes look on nothing else, save upon Manna. The
Manna was as it had been coriander seed, and to see to like
Bedellion. And the people went about and gathered it, and ground
it in mills, or beat it in mortars and boke it in pans and made
cakes of it. And the taste of it was like unto the taste of an
oilcake. And when the dew fell about the host in the night, the
manna fell therewith. And when Moses heard the people weep in
their households every man in the door of his tent, then the wrath
of the LORD waxed hot exceedingly: and it grieved Moses also. And
Moses said unto the LORD: wherefore dealest thou so cruelly with
thy servant? wherefore do I not find favour in thy sight, seeing
that thou puttest the weight of this people upon me? have I
conceived all this people, or have I begotten them, that thou
shouldest say unto me, carry them in thy bosom (as a nurse beareth
the sucking child) unto the land which thou swarest unto their
fathers? where should I have flesh to give unto all this people?
For they weep unto me saying: give us flesh that we may eat.
Pages:
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
401
402
403
404
405
406
407
408
409
410
411
412
413
414
415
416
417