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The People Complain

11 Now the people became like (A)those who complain of calamity (B)in the ears of Yahweh. And Yahweh heard it and His anger was kindled, and the fire of Yahweh burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. (C)The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire [a]died out. So the name of that place was called [b](D)Taberah because the fire of Yahweh burned among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:2 Lit sank down
  2. Numbers 11:3 Lit burning

Fire From the Lord

11 The people were complaining about their hardships so that the Lord heard it. When the Lord heard it, his anger burned. So the Lord’s fire burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. The people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord. So the fire died down. They named that place Taberah,[a] because the Lord’s fire burned among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:3 Taberah means burning.