011:002 The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh,
and the fire abated.
011:003 The name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire
of Yahweh burnt among them.
011:004 The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly:
and the children of Israel also wept again, and said,
Who shall give us flesh to eat?
011:005 We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing;
the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions,
and the garlic:
011:006 but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save
this manna to look on.
011:007 The manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance of it
as the appearance of bdellium.
011:008 The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills,
or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it:
and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
011:009 When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
011:010 Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families,
every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Yahweh
was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.
011:011 Moses said to Yahweh, Why have you dealt ill with your servant?
and why haven't I found favor in your sight, that you lay
the burden of all this people on me?
011:012 Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth,
that you should tell me, Carry them in your bosom,
as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you
swore to their fathers?
011:013 Where should I get meat to give to all this people? for they
weep to me, saying, Give us meat, that we may eat.
011:014 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is
too heavy for me.
011:015 If you deal thus with me, please kill me out of hand, if I have
found favor in your sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
011:016 Yahweh said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders
of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people,
and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting,
that they may stand there with you.
011:017 I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take
of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them;
and they shall bear the burden of the people with you,
that you not bear it yourself alone.
011:018 Say you to the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow,
and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears
of Yahweh, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was
well with us in Egypt: therefore Yahweh will give you flesh,
and you shall eat.
011:019 You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days,
neither ten days, nor twenty days,
011:020 but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it