What does Numbers 11:4 mean?

Numbers 11:4 highlights themes such as desire, complaint, provision when read in context.

How should I apply Numbers 11:4 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

2And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.

3And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

4And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:

6But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.

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Philippians 4:19
God promises to supply all needs, contrasting the Israelites' complaints about food.