And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes
“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill
Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was
But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in th
Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will
So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, lifting up their voices and weeping bitterly.
Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Isr
So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, “Get rid of the foreign gods that are among you. Purify yourselve
“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”