Numbers 21:5

21:5 And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness, for there is no bread or water, and we ¹  detest this worthless ²  food.”

Numbers 35:30

35:30 “Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony ³  of witnesses; but one witness cannot ⁴  testify against any person to cause him to be put to death.

¹ tn Heb “our souls.”

² tn The Israelites’ opinion about the manna was clear enough – “worthless.” The word used is קְלֹקֵל (qÿloqel, “good for nothing, worthless, miserable”).

³ tn Heb “ at the mouth of”; the metonymy stresses it is at their report.

⁴ tn The verb should be given the nuance of imperfect of potentiality.