a large and safe passage; I gave you Moses for a leader,
and Aaron for a priest.

2Esdr 1:14
I gave you light in a pillar of fire, and great wonders have
I done among you; yet have ye forgotten me, saith the Lord.

2Esdr 1:15
Thus saith the Almighty Lord, The quails were as a token to you;
I gave you tents for your safeguard: nevertheless ye murmured there,

2Esdr 1:16
And triumphed not in my name for the destruction of your enemies,
but ever to this day do ye yet murmur.

2Esdr 1:17
Where are the benefits that I have done for you? when ye were
hungry and thirsty in the wilderness, did ye not cry unto me,

2Esdr 1:18
Saying, Why hast thou brought us into this wilderness to kill us?
it had been better for us to have served the Egyptians,
than to die in this wilderness.

2Esdr 1:19
Then had I pity upon your mournings, and gave you manna to eat;
so ye did eat angels' bread.

2Esdr 1:20
When ye were thirsty, did I not cleave the rock, and waters