9. Only do not rebel against the Lord! You need not be afraid of the people of the land, for they are but food for us! Their protection has left them, but the Lord is with us. Do not fear them.”
10. The whole community threatened to stone them. But the glory of the Lord appeared at the tent of meeting to all the Israelites.
11. And the Lord said to Moses: How long will this people spurn me? How long will they not trust me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
12. I will strike them with pestilence and disown them. Then I will make of you a nation greater and mightier than they.
13. But Moses said to the Lord: “The Egyptians will hear of this, for by your power you brought out this people from among them.