Seventy Elders Help Moses

⁴ Some ·troublemakers [rabble; foreign elements] among them wanted better food, and soon all the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] began ·complaining [^Lweeping]. They said, “We want meat! ⁵ We remember the fish we ate for free in Egypt. We also had cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. ⁶ But now we have lost our ·appetite [or vitality; strength]; we never see anything but this manna [Ex. 16:1–36]!”

⁷ The manna was like ·small white seeds [^Lcoriander seed and its color was like bdellium/gum resin]. ⁸ The people would go to gather it, and then grind it in handmills, or crush it ·between stones [with mortars]. After they ·cooked [or boiled] it in a pot or made cakes with it, it tasted like ·bread [cakes] baked with olive oil. ⁹ When the dew fell on the camp each night, so did the manna.