But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert.
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tempted and tried to restrain God [with their insistent desires] in the desert. [Num. 11:4.]
They were overcome with craving in the desert; they tested God in the wastelands.
And he led them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and he broke apart their chains.
And he brought them out of darkness, and the shadow of death; and broke their bonds in sunder.