Then the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.

Contemptible people among them had a strong craving for other food. The Israelites cried again and said, “Who will feed us meat?

“Tell the people: Purify yourselves in readiness for tomorrow, and you will eat meat because you cried before the Lord: ‘Who will feed us meat? We really had it good in Egypt.’ The Lord will give you meat and you will eat.

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes nauseating to you—because you have rejected the Lord who is among you, and cried to Him: ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “God, please heal her!”

Then the whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night.

At their cries, all the people of Israel who were around them fled because they thought, “The earth may swallow us too!”

When we cried out to the Lord, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the border of your territory.