Numbers 11
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
11 And the people grumbled and deplored their hardships, which was evil in the ears of the Lord, and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burned among them and devoured those in the outlying parts of the camp.
2 The people cried to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the Lord, the fire subsided.
3 He called the name of the place Taberah [burning], because the fire of the Lord burned among them.
4 And the mixed multitude among them [the rabble who followed Israel from Egypt] began to lust greatly [for familiar and dainty food], and the Israelites wept again and said, Who will give us meat to eat?
5 We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt and without cost, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
6 But now our soul (our strength) is dried up; there is nothing at all [in the way of food] to be seen but this manna.
7 The manna was like coriander seed and its appearance was like that of bdellium [perhaps a precious stone].
8 The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in mills or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it; and it tasted like cakes baked with fresh oil.
9 And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.
10 And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the Lord blazed hotly, and in the eyes of Moses it was evil.
11 And Moses said to the Lord, Why have You dealt ill with Your servants? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You lay the burden of all this people on me?
12 Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth, that You should say to me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nursing father carries the sucking child, to the land which You swore to their fathers [to give them]?
13 Where should I get meat to give to all these people? For they weep before me and say, Give us meat, that we may eat.
14 I am not able to carry all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me.
15 And if this is the way You deal with me, kill me, I pray You, at once, and be granting me a favor and let me not see my wretchedness [in the failure of all my efforts].
16 And the Lord said to Moses, Gather for Me [a]seventy men of the elders of Israel whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting and let them stand there with you.
17 And I will come down and talk with you there; and I will take of the Spirit which is upon you and will put It upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not have to bear it yourself alone.
18 And say to the people, Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the hearing of the Lord, saying, Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt. Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat.
19 You shall not eat one day, or two, or five, or ten, or twenty days,
20 But a whole month—until [you are satiated and vomit it up violently and] it comes out at your nostrils and is disgusting to you—because you have rejected and despised the Lord Who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, Why did we come out of Egypt?(A)
21 But Moses said, The people among whom I am are 600,000 footmen [besides all the women and children], and You have said, I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!
22 Shall flocks and herds be killed to suffice them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be collected to satisfy them?
23 The Lord said to Moses, Has the Lord’s hand (His ability and power) become short (thwarted and inadequate)? You shall see now whether My word shall come to pass for you or not.(B)
24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord, and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and set them round about the Tent.
25 And the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him and put It upon the seventy elders; and when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied [sounding forth the praises of God and declaring His will]. Then they did so no more.(C)
26 But there remained two men in the camp named Eldad and Medad. The Spirit rested upon them, and they were of those who were selected and listed, yet they did not go out to the Tent [as told to do], but they prophesied in the camp.
27 And a young man ran to Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying [sounding forth the praises of God and declaring His will] in the camp.
28 Joshua son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, said, My lord Moses, forbid them!
29 But Moses said to him, Are you [b]envious or jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!(D)
30 And Moses went back into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31 And there went forth a wind from the Lord and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall [so they flew low] beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and on the other side, all around the camp, about two cubits above the ground.
32 And the people rose all that day and all night and all the next day and caught and gathered the quails. He who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them out for themselves round about the camp [to cure them by drying].
33 While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote them with a very great plague.
34 That place was called Kibroth-hattaavah [the graves of sensuous desire], because there they buried the people who lusted, whose physical appetite caused them to sin.(E)
35 The Israelites journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah to Hazeroth, where they remained.
Footnotes
- Numbers 11:16 A council of seventy elders had existed the year before this (Exod. 24:9). It appears to be the source of the Sanhedrin, the highest Jewish assembly for government in the time of our Lord—usually translated “council.”
- Numbers 11:29 “Moses, the minister of God, rebukes our partial love,/ Who envy at the gifts bestow’d on those we disapprove./ We do not our own spirit know, who wish to see suppressed,/ The men that Jesus’ spirit show, the men whom God hath blest” (Charles Wesley).
Numbers 11
New King James Version
The People Complain
11 Now (A)when the people complained, it displeased the Lord; (B)for the Lord heard it, and His anger was aroused. So the (C)fire of the Lord burned among them, and consumed some in the outskirts of the camp. 2 Then the people (D)cried out to Moses, and when Moses (E)prayed to the Lord, the fire was [a]quenched. 3 So he called the name of the place [b]Taberah, because the fire of the Lord had burned among them.
4 Now the (F)mixed multitude who were among them [c]yielded to (G)intense craving; so the children of Israel also wept again and said: (H)“Who will give us meat to eat? 5 (I)We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; 6 but now (J)our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!”
7 Now (K)the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. 8 The people went about and gathered it, ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar, cooked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and (L)its taste was like the taste of pastry prepared with oil. 9 And (M)when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
10 Then Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and (N)the anger of the Lord was greatly aroused; Moses also was displeased. 11 (O)So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You afflicted Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the [d]burden of all these people on me? 12 Did I conceive all these people? Did I beget them, that You should say to me, (P)‘Carry them in your bosom, as a (Q)guardian carries a nursing child,’ to the land which You (R)swore[e] to their fathers? 13 (S)Where am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’ 14 (T)I am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. 15 If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now—if I have found favor in Your sight—and (U)do not let me see my wretchedness!”
The Seventy Elders
16 So the Lord said to Moses: “Gather to Me (V)seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and (W)officers over them; bring them to the tabernacle of meeting, that they may stand there with you. 17 Then I will come down and talk with you there. (X)I will take of the Spirit that is upon you and will put the same upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone. 18 Then you shall say to the people, [f]‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept (Y)in the hearing of the Lord, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.” Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat. 19 You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, 20 (Z)but for a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have (AA)despised the Lord who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, (AB)“Why did we ever come up out of Egypt?” ’ ”
21 And Moses said, (AC)“The people whom I am among are six hundred thousand men on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.’ 22 (AD)Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to provide enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to provide enough for them?”
23 And the Lord said to Moses, (AE)“Has[g] the Lord’s arm been shortened? Now you shall see whether (AF)what I say will happen to you or not.”
24 So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord, and he (AG)gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tabernacle. 25 Then the Lord came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and placed the same upon the seventy elders; and it happened, (AH)when the Spirit rested upon them, that (AI)they prophesied, [h]although they never did so again.
26 But two men had remained in the camp: the name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those listed, but who (AJ)had not gone out to the tabernacle; yet they prophesied in the camp. 27 And a young man ran and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
28 So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said, “Moses my lord, (AK)forbid them!”
29 Then Moses said to him, “Are you [i]zealous for my sake? (AL)Oh, that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!” 30 And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
The Lord Sends Quail
31 Now a (AM)wind went out from the Lord, and it brought quail from the sea and left them fluttering near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and about a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the ground. 32 And the people stayed up all that day, all night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten (AN)homers); and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. 33 But while the (AO)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. 34 So he called the name of that place [j]Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving.
35 (AP)From Kibroth Hattaavah the people moved to Hazeroth, and camped at Hazeroth.
Footnotes
- Numbers 11:2 extinguished
- Numbers 11:3 Lit. Burning
- Numbers 11:4 Lit. lusted intensely
- Numbers 11:11 responsibility
- Numbers 11:12 solemnly promised
- Numbers 11:18 Set yourselves apart
- Numbers 11:23 Is the Lord’s power limited?
- Numbers 11:25 Tg., Vg. and they did not cease
- Numbers 11:29 jealous
- Numbers 11:34 Lit. Graves of Craving
Numeri 11
Beibl William Morgan
11 A’r bobl, fel tuchanwyr, oeddynt flin yng nghlustiau yr Arglwydd: a chlywodd yr Arglwydd hyn; a’i ddig a enynnodd; a thân yr Arglwydd a gyneuodd yn eu mysg hwynt, ac a ysodd gwr y gwersyll. 2 A llefodd y bobl ar Moses: a gweddïodd Moses ar yr Arglwydd; a’r tân a ddiffoddodd. 3 Ac efe a alwodd enw y lle hwnnw, Tabera: am gynnau o dân yr Arglwydd yn eu mysg hwy.
4 A’r lliaws cymysg yr hwn ydoedd yn eu mysg a flysiasant yn ddirfawr: a meibion Israel hefyd a ddychwelasant, ac a wylasant, ac a ddywedasant, Pwy a rydd i ni gig i’w fwyta? 5 Cof yw gennym y pysgod yr oeddem yn ei fwyta yn yr Aifft yn rhad, y cucumerau, a’r pompionau, a’r cennin, a’r winwyn, a’r garlleg: 6 Ond yr awr hon y mae ein heneidiau ni yn gwywo, heb ddim ond y manna yn ein golwg. 7 A’r manna hwnnw oedd fel had coriander, a’i liw fel lliw bdeliwm. 8 Y bobl a aethant o amgylch, ac a’i casglasant ac a’i malasant mewn melinau, neu a’i curasant mewn morter, ac a’i berwasant mewn peiriau, ac a’i gwnaethant yn deisennau: a’i flas ydoedd fel blas olew ir. 9 A phan ddisgynnai’r gwlith y nos ar y gwersyll, disgynnai’r manna arno ef.
10 A chlybu Moses y bobl yn wylo trwy eu tylwythau, bob un yn nrws ei babell: ac enynnodd dig yr Arglwydd yn fawr; a drwg oedd gan Moses. 11 Dywedodd Moses hefyd wrth yr Arglwydd, Paham y drygaist dy was? a phaham na chawn ffafr yn dy olwg, gan i ti roddi baich yr holl bobl hyn arnaf? 12 Ai myfi a feichiogais ar yr holl bobl hyn? ai myfi a’u cenhedlais, fel y dywedech wrthyf, Dwg hwynt yn dy fynwes, (megis y dwg tadmaeth y plentyn sugno,) i’r tir a addewaist trwy lw i’w tadau? 13 O ba le y byddai gennyf fi gig i’w roddi i’r holl bobl hyn? canys wylo y maent wrthyf, gan ddywedyd, Dod i ni gig i’w fwyta. 14 Ni allaf fi fy hunan arwain yr holl bobl hyn; canys rhy drwm ydyw i mi. 15 Ac os felly y gwnei i mi, atolwg, gan ladd lladd fi, os cefais ffafr yn dy olwg di; fel na welwyf fy nrygfyd.
16 A dywedodd yr Arglwydd wrth Moses, Casgl i mi ddengwr a thrigain o henuriaid Israel, y rhai a wyddost eu bod yn henuriaid y bobl, ac yn swyddogion arnynt; a dwg hwynt i babell y cyfarfod, a safant yno gyda thi. 17 Canys disgynnaf, a llefaraf wrthyt yno: a mi a gymeraf o’r ysbryd sydd arnat ti, ac a’i gosodaf arnynt hwy; felly y dygant gyda thi faich y bobl, fel na ddygech di ef yn unig. 18 Am hynny dywed wrth y bobl, Ymsancteiddiwch erbyn yfory, a chewch fwyta cig: canys wylasoch yng nghlustiau yr Arglwydd, gan ddywedyd, Pwy a ddyry i ni gig i’w fwyta? canys yr ydoedd yn dda arnom yn yr Aifft: am hynny y rhydd yr Arglwydd i chwi gig, a chwi a fwytewch. 19 Nid un dydd y bwytewch, ac nid dau, ac nid pump o ddyddiau, ac nid deg diwrnod, ac nid ugain diwrnod; 20 Ond hyd fis o ddyddiau, hyd oni ddêl allan o’ch ffroenau, a’i fod yn ffiaidd gennych: am i chwi ddirmygu’r Arglwydd yr hwn sydd yn eich plith, ac wylo ohonoch yn ei ŵydd ef, gan ddywedyd Paham y daethom allan o’r Aifft? 21 A dywedodd Moses, Chwe chan mil o wŷr traed yw y bobl yr ydwyf fi yn eu plith; a thi a ddywedi, Rhoddaf gig iddynt i’w fwyta fis o ddyddiau. 22 Ai y defaid a’r gwartheg a leddir iddynt, fel y byddo digon iddynt? ai holl bysg y môr a gesglir ynghyd iddynt, fel y byddo digon iddynt? 23 A dywedodd yr Arglwydd wrth Moses, A gwtogwyd llaw yr Arglwydd? yr awr hon y cei di weled a ddigwydd fy ngair i ti, ai na ddigwydd.
24 A Moses a aeth allan ac a draethodd eiriau yr Arglwydd wrth y bobl, ac a gasglodd y dengwr a thrigain o henuriaid y bobl, ac a’u gosododd hwynt o amgylch y babell. 25 Yna y disgynnodd yr Arglwydd mewn cwmwl, ac a lefarodd wrtho; ac a gymerodd o’r ysbryd oedd arno, ac a’i rhoddes i’r deg hynafgwr a thrigain. A thra y gorffwysai’r ysbryd arnynt, y proffwydent, ac ychwaneg ni wnaent. 26 A dau o’r gwŷr a drigasant yn y gwersyll, (enw un ydoedd Eldad, enw y llall Medad:) a gorffwysodd yr ysbryd arnynt hwy, am eu bod hwy o’r rhai a ysgrifenasid; ond nid aethant i’r babell, eto proffwydasant yn y gwersyll. 27 A rhedodd llanc, a mynegodd i Moses, ac a ddywedodd, Y mae Eldad a Medad yn proffwydo yn y gwersyll. 28 A Josua mab Nun, gweinidog Moses o’i ieuenctid, a atebodd ac a ddywedodd Moses, fy arglwydd, gwahardd iddynt. 29 A dywedodd Moses wrtho, Ai cenfigennu yr ydwyt ti drosof fi? O na byddai holl bobl yr Arglwydd yn broffwydi, a rhoddi o’r Arglwydd ei ysbryd arnynt! 30 A Moses a aeth i’r gwersyll, efe a henuriaid Israel.
31 Ac fe aeth gwynt oddi wrth yr Arglwydd, ac a ddug soflieir oddi wrth y môr, ac a’u taenodd wrth y gwersyll, megis taith diwrnod ar y naill du, a thaith diwrnod ar y tu arall o amgylch y gwersyll, a hynny ynghylch dau gufydd, ar wyneb y ddaear. 32 Yna y cododd y bobl y dydd hwnnw oll, a’r nos oll, a’r holl ddydd drannoeth, ac a gasglasant y soflieir: yr hwn a gasglodd leiaf, a gasglodd ddeg homer: a chan daenu y taenasant hwynt iddynt eu hunain o amgylch y gwersyll. 33 A’r cig oedd eto rhwng eu dannedd hwynt heb ei gnoi, pan enynnodddigofaintyr Arglwydd yn erbyn y bobl; a’r Arglwydd a drawodd y bobl â phla mawr iawn. 34 Ac efe a alwodd enw y lle hwnnw Cibroth‐Hattaafa; am iddynt gladdu yno y bobl a flysiasent. 35 O Feddau y blys yr aeth y bobl i Haseroth; ac arosasant yn Haseroth.
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