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Signs of the Times, Book 1 - Ellen G. White

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ten days, nor twenty days; but even a whole month, until it come out at your<br />

nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you, because that ye have despised <strong>the</strong><br />

Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we<br />

forth out <strong>of</strong> Egypt?"<br />

Once before, when <strong>the</strong>y received <strong>the</strong> manna just before <strong>the</strong>y reached<br />

Sinai, <strong>the</strong> Lord had answered <strong>the</strong>ir clamors for flesh-meat. They ate <strong>of</strong> it only<br />

one day, however, and <strong>the</strong>n it was withheld because it was not <strong>the</strong> best article<br />

<strong>of</strong> food for <strong>the</strong>m. Their murmurings now reflected upon <strong>the</strong> wisdom <strong>of</strong> God,<br />

as though he did not know just what <strong>the</strong>y needed while travelling in <strong>the</strong><br />

wilderness. The enemy perverted <strong>the</strong>ir imagination. The Egyptians who left<br />

Egypt with <strong>the</strong> Hebrews were accustomed to rich food and flesh-meats, and<br />

<strong>the</strong>y were <strong>the</strong> first to complain. The food <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Israelites in Egypt was<br />

generally <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> cheapest quality, but hard labor and a keen appetite made it<br />

palatable.<br />

In response to <strong>the</strong> statement <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lord that <strong>the</strong> people should have<br />

flesh to eat, Moses said, "The people among whom I am are six hundred<br />

thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give <strong>the</strong>m flesh, that <strong>the</strong>y may<br />

eat a whole month. Shall <strong>the</strong> flocks and <strong>the</strong> herds be slain for <strong>the</strong>m, to suffice<br />

<strong>the</strong>m? or shall all <strong>the</strong> fish <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sea be ga<strong>the</strong>red toge<strong>the</strong>r for <strong>the</strong>m?" These<br />

words expressed a manifest distrust, for which <strong>the</strong> Lord reproved him saying,<br />

"Is <strong>the</strong> Lord's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whe<strong>the</strong>r my word shall<br />

come to pass unto <strong>the</strong>e or not." He who could divide <strong>the</strong> Red Sea, binding<br />

<strong>the</strong> waters like a wall on ei<strong>the</strong>r side while Israel passed through on dry land,<br />

and could rain bread from Heaven, and bring water out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> flinty rock,<br />

could provide meat to supply <strong>the</strong> host <strong>of</strong> Israel.<br />

"And Moses went out, and told <strong>the</strong> people <strong>the</strong> words <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lord, and<br />

ga<strong>the</strong>red <strong>the</strong> seventy men <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> elders <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> people, and set <strong>the</strong>m round<br />

about <strong>the</strong> tabernacle. And <strong>the</strong> Lord came down in a cloud, and spake unto<br />

him, and took <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto <strong>the</strong> seventy<br />

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