8402. Verses 2-3. And all the assemblage of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness. And the sons of Israel said unto them, Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pot, when we did eat bread to satiety! for ye have brought us forth unto this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation with hunger. “And all the assemblage of the sons of Israel murmured,” signifies the suffering and the consequent complaint on account of the grievousness of the temptation; “against Moses and against Aaron,” signifies against truth Divine; “in the wilderness,” signifies a state of temptation; “and the sons of Israel said unto them,” signifies thought from anxiety; “Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt,” signifies that it would have been better for them to have been left by the Lord when they were in a state of infestations; “when we sat by the flesh-pot,” signifies a life according to what they like, and as they had desired; “when we did eat bread to satiety,” signifies that thus they had enjoyed the good of pleasures as much as they wished; “for ye have brought us out,” signifies after they were liberated; “unto this wilderness,” signifies a state of temptations; “to kill this whole congregation with hunger,” signifies that they were expiring from a lack of delight and of good.