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4 ) 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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5 ) 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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6 ) But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
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7 ) And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
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8 ) 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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9 ) And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
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10 ) Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, Moses also was displeased.
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11 ) And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore have you afflicted your servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people upon me?
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12 ) Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that you should say unto me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nursing father bears the nursing infant, unto the land which you sware unto their fathers?
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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.
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14 ) I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
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15 ) And if you deal thus with me, kill me, I pray you, instantly, if I have found favour in your sight, and let me not see my wretchedness.