11The people fell to grumbling over their hard life. GOD heard. When he heard his anger flared; then fire blazed up and burned the outer boundaries of the camp.H5971H596H7451H241H3068H3068H8085H639H2734H784H3068H1197H398H7097H42642The people cried out for help to Moses; Moses prayed to GOD and the fire died down.H5971H6817H4872H4872H6419H3068H784H82573They named the place Taberah (Blaze) because fire from GOD had blazed up against them.H7121H8034H1931H4725H8404H784H3068H1197
Camp Kibroth Hattaavah
4The riff-raff among the people had a craving and soon they had the People of Israel whining, "Why can't we have meat?H628H7130H183H8378H1121H3478H1058H7725H559H1320H3985We ate fish in Egypt—and got it free!—to say nothing of the cucumbers and melons, the leeks and onions and garlic.H2142H1710H398H4714H2600H7180H20H2682H1211H77626But nothing tastes good out here; all we get is manna, manna, manna."H5315H3002H1115H4478H58697Manna was a seedlike substance with a shiny appearance like resin.H4478H1407H2233H5869H5869H9168The people went around collecting it and ground it between stones or pounded it fine in a mortar. Then they boiled it in a pot and shaped it into cakes. It tasted like a delicacy cooked in olive oil.H5971H7751H3950H2912H7347H1743H4085H1310H6517H6213H5692H2940H2940H3955H80819When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna was right there with it.H2919H3381H4264H3915H4478H338110Moses heard the whining, all those families whining in front of their tents. GOD's anger blazed up. Moses saw that things were in a bad way.H4872H8085H5971H1058H4940H376H6607H168H639H3068H2734H3966H4872H7489H586911Moses said to GOD, "Why are you treating me this way? What did I ever do to you to deserve this? Did I conceive them? Was I their mother? So why dump the responsibility of this people on me?H4872H559H3068H7489H5650H4672H2580H5869H7760H4853H597112Why tell me to carry them around like a nursing mother, carry them all the way to the land you promised to their ancestors?H2029H5971H3205H559H5375H2436H539H5375H3243H127H7650H113Where am I supposed to get meat for all these people who are whining to me, 'Give us meat; we want meat.'H370H1320H5414H5971H1058H559H5414H1320H39814I can't do this by myself—it's too much, all these people.H3201H5375H5971H905H351515If this is how you intend to treat me, do me a favor and kill me. I've seen enough; I've had enough. Let me out of here."H6213H2026H2026H4672H2580H5869H7200H745116GOD said to Moses, "Gather together seventy men from among the leaders of Israel, men whom you know to be respected and responsible. Take them to the Tent of Meeting. I'll meet you there.H3068H559H4872H622H7657H376H2205H3478H3045H2205H5971H7860H3947H168H4150H332017I'll come down and speak with you. I'll take some of the Spirit that is on you and place it on them; they'll then be able to take some of the load of this people—you won't have to carry the whole thing alone.H3381H1696H680H7307H7760H5375H4853H5971H537518"Tell the people, Consecrate yourselves. Get ready for tomorrow when you're going to eat meat. You've been whining to GOD, 'We want meat; give us meat. We had a better life in Egypt.' GOD has heard your whining and he's going to give you meat. You're going to eat meat.H559H5971H6942H4279H398H1320H1058H241H3068H559H1320H398H2895H4714H3068H5414H1320H39819And it's not just for a day that you'll eat meat, and not two days, or five or ten or twenty,H398H259H3117H3117H2568H3117H6235H3117H6242H311720but for a whole month. You're going to eat meat until its coming out your nostrils. You're going to be so sick of meat that you'll throw up at the mere mention of it. And here's why: Because you have rejected GOD who is right here among you, whining to his face, 'Oh, why did we ever have to leave Egypt?'"H2320H3117H3318H639H2214H3282H3988H3068H7130H1058H6440H559H3318H471421Moses said, "I'm standing here surrounded by 600,000 men on foot and you say, 'I'll give them meat, meat every day for a month.'H4872H559H5971H7130H8337H3967H505H7273H559H5414H1320H398H3117H232022So where's it coming from? Even if all the flocks and herds were butchered, would that be enough? Even if all the fish in the sea were caught, would that be enough?"H6629H1241H7819H4672H1709H3220H622H467223GOD answered Moses, "So, do you think I can't take care of you? You'll see soon enough whether what I say happens for you or not."H3068H559H4872H3068H3027H7114H7200H1697H713624So Moses went out and told the people what GOD had said. He called together seventy of the leaders and had them stand around the Tent.H4872H3318H1696H5971H1697H3068H622H7657H376H2205H5971H5975H5439H16825GOD came down in a cloud and spoke to Moses and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy leaders. When the Spirit rested on them they prophesied. But they didn't continue; it was a onetime event.H3068H3381H6051H1696H680H7307H5414H7657H2205H376H7307H5117H5012H325426Meanwhile two men, Eldad and Medad, had stayed in the camp. They were listed as leaders but they didn't leave camp to go to the Tent. Still, the Spirit also rested on them and they prophesied in the camp.H7604H8147H582H4264H8034H259H419H8034H8145H4312H7307H5117H3789H3318H168H5012H426427A young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!"H7323H5288H5046H4872H559H419H4312H5012H426428Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' right-hand man since his youth, said, "Moses, master! Stop them!"H3091H1121H5126H8334H4872H979H6030H559H113H4872H360729But Moses said, "Are you jealous for me? Would that all GOD's people were prophets. Would that GOD would put his Spirit on all of them."H4872H559H7065H5414H3068H5971H5030H3068H5414H730730Then Moses and the leaders of Israel went back to the camp.H4872H622H4264H2205H347831A wind set in motion by GOD swept quails in from the sea. They piled up to a depth of about three feet in the camp and as far out as a day's walk in every direction.H5265H7307H3068H1468H7958H3220H5203H4264H3117H1870H3541H3117H1870H3541H5439H4264H520H6440H77632All that day and night and into the next day the people were out gathering the quail—huge amounts of quail; even the slowest person among them gathered at least sixty bushels. They spread them out all over the camp for drying.H5971H6965H3117H3915H4283H3117H622H7958H4591H622H6235H2563H7849H7849H5439H426433But while they were still chewing the quail and had hardly swallowed the first bites, GOD's anger blazed out against the people. He hit them with a terrible plague.H1320H2962H8127H3772H639H3068H2734H5971H3068H5221H5971H3966H7227H434734They ended up calling the place Kibroth Hattaavah (Graves-of-the-Craving). There they buried the people who craved meat.H7121H8034H4725H6914H6912H5971H18335From Kibroth Hattaavah they marched on to Hazeroth. They remained at Hazeroth.H5971H5265H6914H2698H2698
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