(Numb. 21:5:) AND THE PEOPLE SPOKE AGAINST GOD AND AGAINST MOSES. They made a slave comparable to his buyer.

(Numb. 21:5:) OUR SOUL LOATHES THIS MISERABLE FOOD, for that generation was unable to taste any of the fruits of the land. R. Aqiva said: When merchants disclosed to them [a basket] with some fruits of the land, they died. It is so stated (in Numb. 32:11): SURELY NONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO CAME UP FROM EGYPT, FROM TWENTY YEARS AND UP, SHALL SEE THE LAND WHICH I PROMISED ON OATH TO ABRAHAM, TO ISAAC, AND TO JACOB, i.e., any good that comes because of the land. It is therefore written (in Numb. 21:6): BUT THE PEOPLE'S TEMPER GREW SHORT ON THE WAY.