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The Antiquities of the Jews
Written by Flavius Josephus
Translated by William Whiston
Book Three
Chapter 13
Moses Removed From Mount Sinai, And Conducted
The People To The Borders Of The Canaanites
A Little while afterwards he rose up, and went from Mount Sinai;
and, having passed through several mansions, of which we will
speak he came to a place called Hazeroth, where the multitude
began again to be mutinous, and to Moses for the misfortunes
they had suffered their travels; and that when he had persuaded
to leave a good land, they at once had lost land, and instead of
that happy state he had them, they were still wandering in their
miserable condition, being already in want water; and if the
manna should happen to fail, must then utterly perish. Yet while
they spake many and sore things against the there was one of
them who exhorted them to be unmindful of Moses, and of what
great pains he had been at about their common safety; not to
despair of assistance from God. The multitude thereupon became
still more unruly, and mutinous against Moses than before.
Hereupon Moses, although he was so basely abused by them
encouraged them in their despairing conditioned and promised
that he would procure them a quantity of flesh-meat, and that
not for a few days only, but for many days. This they were not
to believe; and when one of them asked, whence he could obtain
such vast plenty of what he promised, he replied, "Neither God
nor I, we hear such opprobrious language from will leave off our
labors for you; and this soon appear also." As soon as ever he
had this, the whole camp was filled with quails, they stood
round about them, and gathered great numbers. However, it was
not long ere God punished the Hebrews for their insolence, those
reproaches they had used towards him, no small number of them
died; and still to this day the place retains the memory of this
destruction and is named Kibrothhattaavah, which is, Graves of
Lust.
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