3. That place was called Taberah [Fire] because fire from the Lord burned among them there.
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!
5. Remember all the free fish we ate in Egypt and the cucumbers, watermelons, leeks, onions, and garlic we had?
6. But now we’ve lost our appetite! Everywhere we look there’s nothing but manna!”
7. (Manna was ⌊small⌋ like coriander seeds 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.
9. When dew fell on the camp at night, manna fell with it.)
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.