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Numbers 11
⁷ The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin.
⁸ The people would go out and gather it from the ground. They made flour by grinding it with hand mills or pounding it in mortars. Then they boiled it in a pot and made it into flat cakes. These cakes tasted like pastries baked with olive oil.
⁹ The manna came down on the camp with the dew during the night.
¹⁰ Moses heard all the families standing in the doorways of their tents whining, and the LORD became extremely angry. Moses was also very aggravated.
¹¹ And Moses said to the LORD, “Why are you treating me, your servant, so harshly? Have mercy on me! What did I do to deserve the burden of all these people?
¹² Did I give birth to them? Did I bring them into the world? Why did you tell me to carry them in my arms like a mother carries a nursing baby? How can I carry them to the land you swore to give their ancestors?
¹³ Where am I supposed to get meat for all these people? They keep whining to me, saying, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
¹⁴ I can’t carry all these people by myself! The load is far too heavy!
¹⁵ If this is how you intend to treat me, just go ahead and kill me. Do me a favor and spare me this misery!”
¹⁶ Then the LORD said to Moses, “Gather before me seventy men who are recognized as elders and leaders of Israel. Bring them to the Tabernacle to stand there with you.
¹⁷ I will come down and talk to you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is upon you, and I will put the Spirit upon them also. They will bear the burden of the people along with you, so you will not have to carry it alone.