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TfIR IIIIRACLES II'BOUCITT IN TITR DESERT. 75
the people began to mmmnr still more, secling that t.liere ~vns
no food, : LXI~ they wished tlint tlicy hacl re~nniiled and diod in
Egypt, asking hloscs why he hncl brougl~t tIleill out into thc
wilderness to clic. Inst.cnd of punidling them for thcir mr2nt
or conficlcncc, Gocl, full of rnercy and goodness, pro~niscd to
give thctn food in nhund:~nce.
2. He sent tllem, nccorclingly, in the evening, quails in vast
numbcrs, sl~ffloidnt for all thc chilclrcn or 1sr:t.d to en.t ; irnd
in the morning n delicious ~vllite fc)orl fcll from hen.\-cn . \I'hcn
tllc Tsrnolitos saw the bread, wllicll lookod likc honr-hosl;,
thcy cxclnimed, " lianhu," ~~,hirh signifies, " JVhnt is this? "
Moses inforlncd t.Iicin tli:~t it ~~-\.n.s thr! hrcnd ~~bich the Lord
gave thcnl. IIc illell tolcl every ooc to gnt,her of it; iis mud1
as llc 1lccdor1.
3. They did so, nnrl founil it ylcnsa~~t to eat, tasting likc
flaw mixctl with honcy. 011 tlio d:~y bcfore the Snbbnth they
gntl~crccl n, cloublc clnantily, :M nonc fcll on Mle Snbbath.
This nlnnnn was llicir food fin- fnrty years, until thi*y rc?at:llstl
the co~lfines of Chnnrrnn. Samc tin~c after these events tlloy
encainpc?d in znotli cr part of tlie clcst!rt, ~\rherc again t,h crc mna
no mn.tcr.
4. tbrc, also, tbey rnurn~urr:tl n.gninst BIoses, sncl bli~med
hi111 for having brnugl.lt. them ant of Egypt. Then Moses
reprovgcl tIl(~n for thrir want of ronfidcncc in God; :uld adtlr
cssif~g thc -r,nl.d in prayer, Ile rtsl;c?d 1~11:it Be shoulcl clo.
Thc Lord comnlnncleti him to strili~ R rock on thc side of
Mount Roreb ivilh his rod. Mosos (lid so, nnd n etrcnm of
yure watt?r burst frwth from thc rock, so that a11 the people
and tl~c cattlc could cluench their tI~hst :tt will. At this tirne
the Amalclritcsl ~~:lrcllc$ ngainsl tlie cllosc~l people. Moserr
sent J(~suc! wit11 n number of pir:kc!tl ~nt?n against thcm. Ilnring
thc hattla Rlascs prayed on tho top of thc hill. AS long
as his linnds werc uplift.t:d, the 1sr:u:litc:s rcmninccl victorions ;
but when, through f'a.tigic, hc Ict t.11cm sink, they lost. IIer~e
Aaron ancI EIur n pllelcl his hands until the enemy was put to
flight. I AMALEKITES (pr. Am'-a-lck-itos).