Numbers 11:18 records God's direct response to the complaint of verse 5 — He promises to give meat but with judgment.

In Numbers 16:13, the rebels similarly romanticize Egypt as a land of milk and honey, echoing the grumbling about lost provisions here.

In Numbers 20:4, the people again accuse Moses of bringing them to the wilderness to die, mirroring the discontent with Egypt's loss.

Exodus 16:3 records an earlier complaint about missing Egypt's food — the same pattern of grumbling appears in Numbers 11:5.

Philippians 3:19 condemns those whose god is their belly — the Israelites' craving made food their idol.

Acts 7:39 directly references the Israelites' heart turning back to Egypt, epitomized by the craving for food here.