The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died ¹  by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by ²  the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full, ³  for you have brought us out into this desert to kill ⁴  this whole assembly with hunger!”

Elisha ¹  went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. ²  He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant.

He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau ¹  said to him, “My father, get up ²  and eat some of your son’s wild game. Then you can bless me.” ³ 

Then they must place on it all its implements with which they serve there – the trays, the meat forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar – and they must spread on it a covering of fine leather, and then insert its poles. ¹ 

Now it was reported to Saul, “Look, the army is sinning against the Lord by eating even the blood.” He said, “All of you have broken the covenant! ¹  Roll a large stone over here to me.”

The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. ¹  At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine – tender meat and choicest wine. ² 

They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals.

Crumble it in pieces ¹  and pour olive oil on it – it is a grain offering.

And you must put olive oil on it and set frankincense on it – it is a grain offering.

Every grain offering of a priest must be a whole offering; it must not be eaten.”

If, however, it is eaten ¹  on the third day, it is spoiled, ²  it will not be accepted,

Does not the ear test words, as ¹  the tongue ²  tastes food? ³ 

By the brush ¹  they would gather ²  herbs from the salt marshes, ³  and the root of the broom tree was their food.

For the ear assesses ¹  words as the mouth ²  tastes food.

It is by these that he judges ¹  the nations and supplies food in abundance.

For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home.

In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving ¹  for meat; ²  they challenged God ³  in the desert.

They lost their appetite for all food, ¹  and they drew near the gates of death.

Do not crave that ruler’s ¹  delicacies, for ²  that food is deceptive. ³ 

under a servant ¹  who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food, ²