18 saying, ‘Why have you brought us into this wilderness to kill us? It would have been better for us to have served the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.’ (WEB) 19 I had pity on your mourning and gave you manna for food. You ate angels’ bread. (WEB) 20 When you were thirsty, didn’t I split the rock, and water flowed out in abundance? Because of the heat, I covered you with the leaves of the trees. (WEB)
2 Esdras 1:18–20
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