Chapter 13. Journey from Mount Sinai to the borders of Canaan (Book 3. The Exodus; the desert wanderings; the institutions of food-laws, priesthood, festivals.) (Antiquities of the Jews) (Flavius Josephus)

A little while afterwards he rose up and went from Mount Sinai; and, having passed through several mansions, of which we will speak he came to a place called Hazeroth, where the people began again to be mutinous and to Moses for the misfortunes they had suffered their travels; and that when he had persuaded to leave a good land, they at once had lost land and instead of that happy state he had them, they were still wandering in their miserable condition, being already in want water; and if the manna should happen to fail, must then utterly perish. Yet while they spoke many and sore things against the there was one of them who exhorted them to be unmindful of Moses and of what great pains he had been at about their common safety; not to despair of assistance from God. The people thereupon became still more unruly and mutinous against Moses than before. Hereupon Moses, although he was so basely abused by them encouraged them in their despairing conditioned and promised that he would procure them a quantity of flesh-meat and that not for a few days only, but for many days. This they were not to believe; and when one of them asked, whence he could obtain such vast plenty of what he promised, he replied, �Neither God nor I, we hear such opprobrious language from will leave off our labours for you; and this soon appear also.� As soon as ever he had this, the whole camp was filled with quails, they stood round about them and gathered great numbers. However, it was not long ere God punished the Hebrews for their insolence, those reproaches they had used towards him, no small number of them died; and still to this day the place retains the memory of this destruction and is named Kibrothhattaavah, which is, the Graves of Lust.