6 But we're starving out here, and the only food we have is this manna.”
7 The manna was like small whitish seeds
8-9 and tasted like something baked with sweet olive oil. It appeared at night with the dew. In the morning the people would collect the manna, grind or crush it into flour, then boil it and make it into thin wafers.
10 The Israelites stood around their tents complaining. Moses heard them and was upset that they had made the Lord angry.
11 He prayed:I am your servant, Lord, so why are you doing this to me? What have I done to deserve this? You've made me responsible for all these people,
12 but they're not my children. You told me to nurse them along and to carry them to the land you promised their ancestors.
13 They keep whining for meat, but where can I get meat for them?