Holy Scripture
Numbers 11:4
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“The people in the desert deserved to be reprimanded, not because they desired meat but because they murmured against the Lord as a result of this desire for meat.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4And the mixed multitude among them lusted exceedingly; and they and the children of Israel sat down and wept and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
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2And the people cried to Moses: and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was quenched.
3And the name of that place was called Burning; for a fire was kindled among them from the Lord.
— Numbers 11:4 —
5We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt freely; and the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the garlic, and the onions.
6But now our soul is dried up; our eyes turn to nothing but to the manna.