20. "True, God struck the rockand water gushed and streams flowed,but can he give bread too?Can he provide meat for his people?"
21. When the Lord heard this, he became furious.A fire was ignited against Jacob;wrath also burned against Israel
22. because they had no faith in God,because they didn’t trust his saving power.
23. God gave orders to the skies above,opened heaven’s doors,
24. and rained manna on them so they could eat.He gave them the very grain of heaven!
25. Each person ate the bread of the powerful ones;God sent provisions to satisfy them.
26. God set the east wind moving across the skiesand drove the south wind by his strength.
27. He rained meat on them as if it were dust in the air;he rained as many birds as the sand on the seashore!
28. God brought the birds down in the center of their camp,all around their dwellings.
29. So they ate and were completely satisfied;God gave them exactly what they had craved.
30. But they didn’t stop craving—even with the food still in their mouths!
31. So God’s anger came up against them:he killed the most hearty of them;he cut down Israel’s youth in their prime.
32. But in spite of all that, they kept sinningand had no faith in God’s wondrous works.