In Egypt their taste had become perverted. God designed to restore their appetite to a pure, healthy state, in order that they might enjoy the simple fruits that were given to Adam and Eve in Eden. He was about to establish them in a second Eden, a goodly land, where they might enjoy the fruits and grains that He would provide for them. He purposed to remove the feverish diet upon which they had subsisted in Egypt; for He wished them to be in perfect health and soundness when they entered the goodly land to which He was leading them, so that the surrounding heathen nations might be constrained to glorify the God of Israel, the God who had done so wonderful a work for His people. Unless the people who acknowledged Him as the God of heaven were in perfect soundness of health, His name could not be glorified.{1BC 1102.3}

I Ægypten var deres smag blevet forvansket. Gud ønskede at genoprette deres appetit en ren, sund tilstand, for at de kan nyde de enkle frugter Adam og Eva fik i Edens have. Han var ved at oprette et andet Eden til dem, et prægtigt land, hvor de kunne nyde de frugter og det korn som han ville give dem. Han ville til at fjerne den feberagtige kost som de havde ernæret sig ved i Ægypten; for Han ønskede at de skulle være helt sunde og raske når de gik ind i det prægtige land som Han førte dem til, så at de omkringboende hedenske folk kunne tvinges til at ære Israels Gud, den Guds om havde gjort så underfuldt et arbejde for Sit folk. Hvis ikke det folk som anerkendte Ham som himlens Gud, blev helt sunde, kunne hans navn ikke forherliges.