The People Complain

11 Now the people became like (A)those who complain of adversity (B)in the ears of the Lord; and the Lord heard them and His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some at the outskirts of the camp. (C)The people then cried out to Moses; and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire [a]died out. So that place was named [b](D)Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:2 Lit sank down
  2. Numbers 11:3 I.e., the place for burning

Israel Complains

11 Eventually, the people began complaining about their distress, and the Lord heard them. When the Lord heard, his anger flared up and the Lord’s fire incinerated some of them within the outskirts of the camp. When the people cried out to Moses, he[a] prayed to the Lord and the fire stopped. He then named that place Taberah,[b] because the Lord’s fire had incinerated some of them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:2 Lit. Moses
  2. Numbers 11:3 The Heb. name Taberah means “burning”