“And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.”
The people spoke against God and against Moses, 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food' — the complaint echoes earlier murmurings yet intensifies: the people now explicitly object to the manna (the 'miserable food'). The manna, once a sign of God's sustenance, has become loathsome. The accusation against Moses is compounded by an accusation against God: why bring them out only to die? Faith has eroded to the point where deliverance is reframed as abandonment.
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