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The Israelites get a nice horn as a parting gift as they leave Mount Sinai.
But that doesn't stop some of them from complaining and getting smote by God. Haven't they learned by now? Seriously!
Why do the Israelites suddenly have no flesh to eat? Did they kill off all of their flocks with sacrifices?
When God hears their cries, why does it make him angrier? He provides flesh, and when they eat it he kills them. This is a very schizophrenic deity.
We also see the sexism in God's judgements when he gives Miriam leprosy and not Aaron.
I have to take the writer to task on this bit though;
14:18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
After two killing sprees, because the people wanted to eat, the last thing I would call God is merciful and forgiving.
Chapter 14 ends with God killing the scouts and telling Moses that the Israelites will wander the desert for 40 years and that nobody over 20 will see the promised land.
Good stuff!
