11. They forgot what he had done—the miracles that he had shown them.
12. In front of their ancestors he performed miraclesin the land of Egypt, in the fields of Zoan.
13. He divided the sea and led them through it.He made the waters stand up like a wall.
14. He guided them by a cloud during the dayand by a fiery light throughout the night.
15. He split rocks in the desert.He gave them plenty to drink, an ocean of water.
16. He made streams come out of a rock.He made the water flow like rivers.
17. They continued to sin against him,to rebel in the desert against the Most High.
18. They deliberately tested God by demanding the food they craved.
19. They spoke against God by saying,“Can God prepare a banquet in the desert?
20. True, he did strike a rock,and water did gush out,and the streams did overflow.But can he also give us bread or provide us, his people, with meat?”
21. When the Lord heard this, he became furious.His fire burned against Jacoband his anger flared up at Israel
22. because they did not believe Godor trust him to save them.
23. In spite of that, he commanded the clouds aboveand opened the doors of heaven.
24. He rained manna down on them to eatand gave them grain from heaven.
25. Humans ate the bread of the mighty ones,and God sent them plenty of food.
26. He made the east wind blow in the heavensand guided the south wind with his might.
27. He rained meat down on them like dust,birds like the sand on the seashore.