Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.
They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good character.”
As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.
Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the ca