Aaron Assails Moses Over Manna

Sinai, 1290 BCE - Aaron accused the Mosaic Faction of playing politics with the health of the Chosen People, and he warned of opposition if current conditions persisted.

Instead of posturing by claiming miraculous sustenance from Hashem, Aaron said, Moses should embrace fiscal and social responsibility and support a program that provides for reasonable increases in daily rations for Israelites without veering toward "total dependence on a fickle deity."

"What I'm describing here is a philosophical divide that exists in this dessert over the best approach to food and shelter," Aaron said. "Moses wants to put more power in the hands of Hashem by making us dependent on manna from heaven. His plan is an incremental step toward the goal of letting God provide."