Numbers 11:4-9

International Children’s Bible

The 70 Older Leaders

⁴ Some troublemakers among them wanted better food. Soon all the Israelites began complaining. 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. We never see anything but this manna!”

⁷ The manna was like small white seeds. ⁸ The people would go to gather it. Then they ground it in handmills. Or they crushed it between stones. They cooked it in a pot or made cakes with it. It tasted like bread baked with olive oil. ⁹ When the dew fell on the camp each night, so did the manna.