Complaints about Hardship
1 Now the people began complaining openly before 11:1 Lit in the ears of the Lord about hardship. When the Lord heard, his anger burned, 11:1 Ex 22:24; 32:10–11; Nm 11:1,33; 32:13; Dt 6:15 and fire 11:1 1Kg 18:38; 19:12; Is 66:16 from the Lord blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
Complaints about Food
4 The riffraff 11:4 Or The mixed multitude; Hb obscure among them 11:4 Ex 12:38 had a strong craving 11:4 Nm 11:34; Ps 78:29–31; 106:14–15; 1Co 10:5–6 for other food. The Israelites wept again and said, "Who will feed us meat? 5 We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, 11:5 Ex 16:3 along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. 6 But now our appetite is gone; 11:6 Or our lives are wasting away, or our throat is dry there’s nothing to look at but this manna! "