The Manna of the Desert Period (3)

How sad they imagined their plight to be is indic­ated by their weeping. But they were not starving they were well-nourished men, strong and vigorous and in the best of health. For the manna, to which they were restricted, was a perfect food. Thus what they cried for is not nourishment, they had that, but the pleasures of the table, sensuous enjoyment, for they cried for leeks and onions and cucumbers and mel­ons and garlic and above all for flesh; in a word, they cried for the fleshpots of...