1. Now the people complained to the Lord about their troubles, and when he heard them, he became angry. Then fire from the Lord burned among the people at the edge of the camp.
2. The people cried out to Moses, and when he prayed to the Lord, the fire stopped burning.
3. So that place was called Taberah, because the Lord’s fire had burned among them.
4. Some troublemakers among them wanted better food, and soon all the Israelites began complaining. They said, “We want meat!
5. We remember the fish we ate for free in Egypt. We also had cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
6. But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!”
7. The manna was like small white seeds.
8. The people would go to gather it, and then grind it in handmills, or crush it between stones. After they cooked it in a pot or made cakes with it, it tasted like bread baked with olive oil.