29 So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved. 30 Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths, 31 God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
Psalms 78:29–31
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Psalms 106:14–16
14 They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. 15 So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them. 16 In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
Numbers 11:32–34
32 All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp. 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the…
Psalms 106:28–30
28 They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods. 29 So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them. 30 But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.
Testament of Levi 3:8–10
8 And thus they did to all strangers, taking away their wives by force, and they banished them. (T12) 9 But the wrath of the Lord came upon them to the uttermost. (T12) 10 And I said to my father Jacob: By thee will the Lord despoil the Canaanites, and will give their land to the… (T12)
Psalms 105:39–41
39 He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night. 40 They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 41 He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.
Psalms 107:4–6
4 Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell. 5 They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them. 6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He delivered them from their distress.
Psalms 78:17–19
17 But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High. 18 They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. 19 They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
Numbers 12:8–10
8 I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?” 9 So the anger of the LORD burned against them, and He departed. 10 As the cloud lifted from above the Tent, sudde…
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