17. But they continued to sin against him,rebelling in the wilderness against the Most High.
18. They wilfully put God to the testby demanding the food they craved.
19. They spoke against God;they said, ‘Can God reallyspread a table in the wilderness?
20. True, he struck the rock,and water gushed out,streams flowed abundantly,but can he also give us bread?Can he supply meat for his people?’
21. When the Lord heard them, he was furious;his fire broke out against Jacob,and his wrath rose against Israel,
22. for they did not believe in Godor trust in his deliverance.
23. Yet he gave a command to the skies aboveand opened the doors of the heavens;
24. he rained down manna for the people to eat,he gave them the grain of heaven.
25. Human beings ate the bread of angels;he sent them all the food they could eat.
26. He let loose the east wind from the heavensand by his power made the south wind blow.
27. He rained meat down on them like dust,birds like sand on the seashore.
28. He made them come down inside their camp,all around their tents.
29. They ate till they were gorged –he had given them what they craved.