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32 All that day, all that night, and all the next day, the people got up and gathered the quail. No one gathered fewer than sixty bushels.[a] They spread them out around the camp. 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the Lord’s anger burned against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very severe plague. 34 They named that place Kibroth Hatta’avah,[b] because there they buried the people who were overcome by their craving.

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  1. Numbers 11:32 Literally ten homers. One homer is about six bushels or fifty-six gallons.
  2. Numbers 11:34 Kibroth Hatta’avah means graves of craving.

32 All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers.[a] Then they spread them out all around the camp. 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth(A) and before it could be consumed, the anger(B) of the Lord burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.(C) 34 Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah,[b](D) because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

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  1. Numbers 11:32 That is, possibly about 1 3/4 tons or about 1.6 metric tons
  2. Numbers 11:34 Kibroth Hattaavah means graves of craving.

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 (A)homers); and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. 33 But while the (B)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 [a]Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving.

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  1. Numbers 11:34 Lit. Graves of Craving