Moses’ Reactions to the Peoples’ Wailing for Flesh

God heard and answered the prayer of those weeping Israelites. For that is what their crying for flesh was -- a prayer, "And the Lord said unto Moses, . . . .say unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat." Truly, they had prayed; but their prayer was a taunt, which, though not directed...