Numbers 11:4

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The camp followers with them had a strong craving, and the Israelites also wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

Cross References

Nehemiah 13:3

When the people heard the law, they separated from Israel all those of foreign descent.

Psalm 106:14

But they had a wanton craving in the wilderness and put God to the test in the desert;

Exodus 12:38

A mixed crowd also went up with them and livestock in great numbers, both flocks and herds.

Exodus 16:12

“I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ ”

Exodus 16:3

The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

Jeremiah 42:14

and saying, ‘No, we will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war or hear the sound of the trumpet or be hungry for bread, and there we will stay,’

Numbers 11:18

And say to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat, for you have wailed in the hearing of the Lord, saying, “If only we had meat to eat! Surely it was better for us in Egypt.” Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat.

Numbers 14:1

Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.

Numbers 14:22

none of the people who have seen my glory and the signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness and yet have tested me these ten times and have not obeyed my voice

Numbers 16:13

Is it too little that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness, that you must also lord it over us?

Romans 13:14

Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.

1 Corinthians 10:6

Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”

Deuteronomy 9:22

“At Taberah also, and at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, you provoked the Lord to wrath.