Numbers 11:6-16

⁶But now our soul is dried up; our eyes turn to nothing but to the manna.

⁷And the manna is as coriander seed, and the appearance of it the appearance of hoarfrost.

⁸And the people went through the field, and gathered, and ground it in the mill, or pounded it in a mortar, and baked it in a pan, and made cakes of it; and the sweetness of it was as the taste of wafer made with oil.

⁹And when the dew came upon the camp by night, the manna came down upon it.

¹⁰And Moses heard them weeping by their families, every one in his door: and the Lord was very angry; and the thing was evil in the sight of Moses.

¹¹And Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant, and why have I not found grace in thy sight, that thou shouldest lay the weight of this people upon me?

¹²Have I conceived all this people, or have I born them? that thou sayest to me, Take them into thy bosom, as a nurse would take her suckling, into the land which thou swarest to their fathers?

¹³Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

¹⁴I shall not be able to bear this people alone, for this thing is too heavy for me.

¹⁵And if thou doest thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favour with thee, that I may not see my affliction.

¹⁶And the Lord said to Moses, Gather me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom thou thyself knowest that they are the elders of the people, and their scribes; and thou shalt bring them to the tabernacle of witness, and they shall stand there with thee.