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Numbers 11:1–4

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Complaints about Hardship

11Now the people began complaining openly before vthe Lord about hardship. When the Lord heard, His anger burned, wand fire xfrom the Lord blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. 2Then the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down. 3So that place was named Taberah, yzbecause the Lord’s fire had blazed among them.

Complaints about Food

4Contemptible people aamong them bhad a strong craving cfor other food. The Israelites cried again and said, “Who will feed us meat?

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Footnotes

  1. v11:1 in the ears of
  2. y11:3 = blaze
  3. a11:4 Or The mixed multitude; Hb obscure

Cross references

  1. w11:1 Ex 22:24; 32:10–11; Nm 11:1, 33; 32:13; Dt 6:15
  2. x11:1 1Kg 18:38; 19:12; Is 66:16
  3. z11:3 Dt 9:22
  4. b11:4 Ex 12:38
  5. c11:4 Nm 11:34; Ps 78:29–31; 106:14–15; 1Co 10:5–6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down. So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.

Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the Lord and the fire died down. So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the Lord had burned among them.

The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now the people began complaining openly before the Lord about hardship. When the Lord heard, his anger burned, and fire from the Lord blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. Then the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down. So that place was named Taberah, because the Lord’s fire had blazed among them.

The riffraff among them had a strong craving for other food. The Israelites wept again and said, “Who will feed us meat?

NLTNew Living Translation

Soon the people began to complain about their hardship, and the Lord heard everything they said. Then the Lord’s anger blazed against them, and he sent a fire to rage among them, and he destroyed some of the people in the outskirts of the camp. Then the people screamed to Moses for help, and when he prayed to the Lord, the fire stopped. After that, the area was known as Taberah (which means “the place of burning”), because fire from the Lord had burned among them there.

Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. “Oh, for some meat!” they exclaimed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And it happened, the people were like those who complain of hardship in the hearing of Yahweh, and Yahweh became angry, and the fire of Yahweh burned among them, and it consumed the edge of the camp. Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire died down. And he called the name of that place Taberah because the fire of Yahweh burned among them.

The riff-raff that were in their midst had a strong desire; and the Israelites turned back and also wept, and they said, “Who will feed us meat?

KJV 1900King James Version

And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched. And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?