And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
It’s important to remember that these same people had, only recently, cried out to God for deliverance from the cruelties of the Egyptians. Yet, here they are, looking back fondly on those days claiming to have sat around the “flesh pots” eating “bread to the full.” This was a twisted memory of their past. They had been overworked and abused in Egypt. They had never sat down to a pot full of meats and relaxed together.
I doubt that the fleshpot of that time was anything near what I am thinking about. Perhaps a clam bake style pot full of meats, sausages, corn on the cob, potatoes, and beans. I’m thinking of the crab pots served locally where, once the pot is cooked, they dump the contents on the table, and people grab what they want.[1]
A people, led of God into liberty, and now experiencing privations, longed for fleshly, worldly, gluttonous things.
God responded with manna. It was sufficient. It was nutritious but would not allow for the abuse and overuse of the flesh. It had to be earned every day, and it would provide only for the immediate need.
May God grant that, as His children, we would be content with such.
[1] This was before the Mosaic Law. They may not have known of an unclean meat yet.
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