³ The sons of Israel said to them, “^(A)Would that we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, ^(B)when we sat by the pots of ^[a]meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

⁴ The ^(A)rabble who were among them ^[a]had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, “^(B)Who will give us ^[b]meat to eat?

^3 (A)The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, “^(B)If only we had perished ^(C)when our brothers perished before the Lord!

⁵ The people spoke against God and Moses, “^(A)Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no ^[a]food and no water, and ^[b](B)we loathe this miserable food.”