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And all the community of the Israelites[a] grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the desert. And the Israelites[b] said to them, “If only we had died[c] by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots[d] of meat, when we ate bread until we were full,[e] because you have brought us out to this desert to kill all of this assembly with hunger.” And Yahweh said to Moses, “Look, I am going to rain down for you bread from the heavens, and the people will go out and gather enough for the day on its day; in that way I will test them: Will they go according to my law or not?

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Exodus 16:3 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Exodus 16:3 Literally “who will give our dying”
  4. Exodus 16:3 Hebrew “pot”
  5. Exodus 16:3 Literally “to contentment” or “to satisfaction”