but a wholemonth,untilit comesout of your nostrilsand becomesloathsometo you; becauseyou have rejectedthe LORDwhois amongyou and have weptbeforeHim, saying,"Whydid we everleaveEgypt?"'"
Nowtherefore, the swordshall neverdepartfrom your house,becauseyou have despisedMe and have takenthe wifeof Uriahthe Hittiteto be your wife.'
So He gavethem their request,But senta wastingdiseaseamong them.
So it cameabout at eveningthat the quailscameup and coveredthe camp,and in the morningthere was a layerof dewaroundthe camp.
The sonsof Israelsaidto them, "Wouldthat we had diedby the LORD'Shandin the landof Egypt,when we satby the potsof meat,when we atebreadto the full;for you have broughtus out into thiswildernessto killthiswholeassemblywith hunger."
Mosessaid,"[This will happen] when the LORDgivesyou meatto eatin the evening,and breadto the fullin the morning;for the LORDhearsyour grumblingswhichyou grumbleagainstHim. And whatare we? Your grumblingsare not againstus but againstthe LORD."
A satedmanloatheshoney,But to a famishedmananybitterthingis sweet.
"'A sonhonors[his] father,and a servanthis master.Then ifI am a father,whereis My honor?And ifI am a master,whereis My respect?'saysthe LORDof hoststo you, O priestswho despiseMy name.But you say,'Howhave we despisedYour name?'
"Wheream I to get meatto giveto allthispeople?For they weepbeforeme, saying,'Giveus meatthat we may eat!'
You shall eat,not oneday,nortwo days,norfivedays,nortendays,nortwentydays,
But Mosessaid,"The people,amongwhomI am, are 600,000on foot;yet You have said,'I will givethem meat,so that they may eatfor a wholemonth.'
"Whyis the LORDbringingus into thisland,to fallby the sword?Our wivesand our littleoneswill becomeplunder;would it not be betterfor us to returnto Egypt?"
So they saidto oneanother,"Let us appointa leaderand returnto Egypt."
"Is it not enoughthat you have broughtus up out of a landflowingwith milkand honeyto have us diein the wilderness,but you would alsolordit overus?
"Whythen have you broughtthe LORD'Sassemblyinto thiswilderness,for us and our beaststo diehere?
The peoplespokeagainst Godand Moses,"Whyhave you broughtus up out of Egyptto diein the wilderness?For thereis nofoodand nowater,and we loathethis miserablefood."
BEHOLD,YOU SCOFFERS,AND MARVEL,AND PERISH;FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHINGA WORKIN YOUR DAYS,A WORKWHICHYOU WILL NEVERBELIEVE,THOUGHSOMEONESHOULD DESCRIBEIT TO YOU.'"
So,he who rejects[this] is not rejectingmanbut the Godwho givesHis HolySpiritto you.
Joshuasaidto allthe people,"Behold,thisstoneshall be for a witnessagainst us, for it has heardallthe wordsof the LORDwhichHe spoketo us; thus it shall be for a witnessagainst you, sothat you do not denyyour God."
"But you have todayrejectedyour God,whodeliversyou from allyour calamitiesand your distresses;yet you have said,'No,but seta kingoverus!' Nowtherefore, presentyourselves beforethe LORDby your tribesand by your clans."
"Thereforethe LORDGodof Israeldeclares,I did indeedsaythat your houseand the houseof your fathershould walkbeforeMe forever;but nowthe LORDdeclares,'Farbe it from Me-- for those who honorMe I will honor,and those who despiseMe will be lightlyesteemed.
