But when He allowed them to eat meat

[Mary Naeem]

Pope Shenouda III

But when He allowed them to eat meat, He did it in anger.

God consented to their request because of their craving for meat,. God granted their wish but punished them for it. “But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was aroused against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very great plague. So he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving.” (Num 11:33-34).