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

⁹ And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

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

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?

² So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

⁸ Be not hard of heart, as when you made me angry, on the day of testing in the waste land,

⁹ When your fathers put me to the test, and saw my works for forty years.

¹⁰ So that I was angry with this generation, and I said, Their hearts are in error at all times, and they have no knowledge of my ways;

⁸ Let not your hearts be hard, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the waste land;

⁹ When your fathers put me to the test and saw my power and my work.

⁴⁰ How frequently did they go against him in the waste land, and give him cause for grief in the dry places!

⁴¹ Again they put God to the test, and gave pain to the Holy One of Israel.

³⁰ But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,

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?

²² Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.

²² Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;

³³ But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them.

³⁴ So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they put in the earth the bodies of the people who had given way to their desires.