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And the mixt multitude that
was
among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept
again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
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We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt
freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
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But now
our soul
is
dried away:
there is
nothing at all, beside this manna,
before
our eyes.
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And the manna
was
as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
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And
the people went
about, and gathered
it,
and ground
it
in mills, or beat
it
in a mortar, and baked
it
in pans, and made
cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
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And when the dew fell upon the camp
in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10
Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his
tent: and the anger of the L
ORD
was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
11
And Moses said
unto the L
ORD
, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour
in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
12
Have I conceived all this
people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a
nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
13
Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us
flesh, that we may eat.
14
I am not able to bear all this people alone, because
it is
too heavy for me.
15
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight;
and let me not see my wretchedness.
16
And the L
ORD
said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom
thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the
tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
17
And I will come down and
talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which
is
upon thee, and will put
it
upon them; and
they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
18
And say
thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have
wept in the ears of the L
ORD
, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for
it was
well with us in Egypt:
therefore the L
ORD
will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
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Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days,
nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
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But
even a whole month, until it come out at
your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the L
ORD
which
is
among
you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
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And Moses said, The
people, among whom I
am, are
six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them
flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
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Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice
them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
23
And the L
ORD
said unto Moses, Is the L
ORD
’S hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come
to pass unto thee or not.
24
And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the L
ORD
, and gathered the seventy
men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
25
And the L
ORD
came
down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that
was
upon him, and gave
it
unto the
seventy elders: and it came to pass,
that,
when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and
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