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4 Some foreigners among the Israelites had a strong craving for [other kinds of] food. Even the Israelites started crying again and said, "If only we had meat to eat!
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The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!
5 Remember all the free fish we ate in Egypt and the cucumbers, watermelons, leeks, onions, and garlic we had?
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We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.
6 But now we've lost our appetite! Everywhere we look there's nothing but manna!"
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But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!”
7 (Manna was [small] like coriander seeds and looked like resin.
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The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin.
8 The people would go around and gather it, then grind it in a handmill or crush it in a mortar. They would cook it in a pot or make round loaves of bread out of it. It tasted like rich pastry made with olive oil.
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The people went around gathering it, and then ground it in a hand mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into loaves. And it tasted like something made with olive oil.
9 When dew fell on the camp at night, manna fell with it.)
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When the dew settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.
10 Moses heard people from every family crying at the entrance to their tents. The LORD became very angry, and Moses didn't like it either.
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Moses heard the people of every family wailing at the entrance to their tents. The LORD became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled.
11 So he asked, "LORD, why have you brought me this trouble? How have I displeased you that you put the burden of all these people on me?
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He asked the LORD, “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?
12 Am I their mother? Did I give birth to them? Are you really asking me to carry them in my arms--as a nurse carries a baby--all the way to the land you promised their ancestors with an oath?
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Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their ancestors?
13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying for me to give them meat to eat.
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Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
14 I can't take care of all these people by myself. This is too much work for me!
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I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me.
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