17. But they continued to sin against God,and in the desert they rebelled against the Most High.
18. They deliberately put God to the testby demanding the food they wanted.
19. They spoke against God and said,“Can God supply food in the desert?
20. It is true that he struck the rock,and water flowed out in a torrent;but can he also provide us with breadand give his people meat?”
21. And so the Lord was angry when he heard them;he attacked his people with fire,and his anger against them grew,
22. because they had no faith in himand did not believe that he would save them.
23. But he spoke to the sky aboveand commanded its doors to open;
24. he gave them grain from heaven,by sending down manna for them to eat.
25. So they ate the food of angels,and God gave them all they wanted.
26. He also caused the east wind to blow,and by his power he stirred up the south wind;
27. and to his people he sent down birds,as many as the grains of sand on the shore;
28. they fell in the middle of the campall round the tents.
29. So the people ate and were satisfied;God gave them what they wanted.
30. But they had not yet satisfied their cravingand were still eating,
31. when God became angry with themand killed their strongest men,the best young men of Israel.
32. In spite of all this the people kept sinning;in spite of his miracles they did not trust him.
33. So he ended their days like a breathand their lives with sudden disaster.
34. Whenever he killed some of them,the rest would turn to him;they would repent and pray earnestly to him.