¹⁸ They tempted God in their heart By asking food according to their desire.

⁴ The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

⁹ Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

² The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;

³ and the children of Israel said to them, "We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger."

¹⁶ You shall not tempt Yahweh your God, as you tempted him in Massah.

⁹ When your fathers tempted me, Tested me, and saw my work.

¹⁴ But gave in to craving in the desert, And tested God in the wasteland.

¹⁵ He gave them their request, But sent leanness into their soul.

⁶ Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

² You lust, and don't have. You kill, covet, and can't obtain. You fight and make war. You don't have, because you don't ask.

³ You ask, and don't receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it for your pleasures.