⁴ And the mixed band of people who went with them were overcome by desire: and the children of Israel, weeping again, said, Who will give us flesh for our food?

³⁸ And a mixed band of people went with them; and flocks and herds in great numbers.

⁶ Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.

¹⁴ They gave way to their evil desires in the waste land, and put God to the test in the dry places.

¹⁰ And a son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel and had a fight with a man of Israel by the tents;

¹¹ And the son of the Israelite woman said evil against the holy Name, with curses; and they took him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

³ So after hearing the law, they took out of Israel all the mixed people.

¹⁸ Testing God in their hearts, requesting meat for their desire.

¹⁹ They said bitter words against God, saying, Is God able to make ready a table in the waste land?

²⁰ See, the rock was cut open by his power, so that the water came rushing out, and overflowing streams; is he able to give us bread? is he able to get meat for his people?

¹⁴ But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

³³ Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.