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Numbers 11
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The Place Named Taberah

11The people began to complain to the LORD about their troubles. When the LORD heard them, he became angry and sent fire on the people. It burned among them and destroyed one end of the camp.H5971H596H7451H241H3068H3068H8085H639H2734H784H3068H1197H398H7097H4264
2The people cried out to Moses for help; he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.H5971H6817H4872H4872H6419H3068H784H8257
3So the place was named Taberah, because there the fire of the LORD burned among them.H7121H8034H1931H4725H8404H784H3068H1197

Moses Chooses Seventy Leaders

4There were foreigners traveling with the Israelites. They had a strong craving for meat, and even the Israelites themselves began to complain: "If only we could have some meat!H628H7130H183H8378H1121H3478H1058H7725H559H1320H398
5In Egypt we used to eat all the fish we wanted, and it cost us nothing. Remember the cucumbers, the watermelons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic we had?H2142H1710H398H4714H2600H7180H20H2682H1211H7762
6But now our strength is gone. There is nothing at all to eat - nothing but this manna day after day!"H5315H3002H1115H4478H5869
7(Manna was like small seeds, whitish yellow in color.H4478H1407H2233H5869H5869H916
8It fell on the camp at night along with the dew. The next morning the people would go around and gather it, grind it or pound it into flour,H5971H7751H3950H2912H7347H1743H4085H1310H6517H6213H5692H2940H2940H3955H8081
9and then boil it and make it into flat cakes. It tasted like bread baked with olive oil.)H2919H3381H4264H3915H4478H3381
10Moses heard all the people complaining as they stood around in groups at the entrances of their tents. He was distressed because the LORD had become angry with them,H4872H8085H5971H1058H4940H376H6607H168H639H3068H2734H3966H4872H7489H5869
11and he said to the LORD, "Why have you treated me so badly? Why are you displeased with me? Why have you given me the responsibility for all these people?H4872H559H3068H7489H5650H4672H2580H5869H7760H4853H5971
12I didn't create them or bring them to birth! Why should you ask me to act like a nurse and carry them in my arms like babies all the way to the land you promised to their ancestors?H2029H5971H3205H559H5375H2436H539H5375H3243H127H7650H1
13Where could I get enough meat for all these people? They keep whining and asking for meat.H370H1320H5414H5971H1058H559H5414H1320H398
14I can't be responsible for all these people by myself; it's too much for me!H3201H5375H5971H905H3515
15If you are going to treat me like this, have pity on me and kill me, so that I won't have to endure your cruelty any longer."H6213H2026H2026H4672H2580H5869H7200H7451
16The LORD said to Moses, "Assemble seventy respected men who are recognized as leaders of the people, bring them to me at the Tent of my presence, and tell them to stand there beside you.H3068H559H4872H622H7657H376H2205H3478H3045H2205H5971H7860H3947H168H4150H3320
17I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the spirit I have given you and give it to them. Then they can help you bear the responsibility for these people, and you will not have to bear it alone.H3381H1696H680H7307H7760H5375H4853H5971H5375
18Now tell the people, 'Purify yourselves for tomorrow; you will have meat to eat. The LORD has heard you whining and saying that you wished you had some meat and that you were better off in Egypt. Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will have to eat it.H559H5971H6942H4279H398H1320H1058H241H3068H559H1320H398H2895H4714H3068H5414H1320H398
19You will have to eat it not just for one or two days, or five, or ten, or even twenty days,H398H259H3117H3117H2568H3117H6235H3117H6242H3117
20but for a whole month, until it comes out of your ears, until you are sick of it. This will happen because you have rejected the LORD who is here among you and have complained to him that you should never have left Egypt.' "H2320H3117H3318H639H2214H3282H3988H3068H7130H1058H6440H559H3318H4714
21Moses said to the LORD, "Here I am leading 600,000 people, and you say that you will give them enough meat for a month?H4872H559H5971H7130H8337H3967H505H7273H559H5414H1320H398H3117H2320
22Could enough cattle and sheep be killed to satisfy them? Are all the fish in the sea enough for them?"H6629H1241H7819H4672H1709H3220H622H4672
23"Is there a limit to my power?" the LORD answered. "You will soon see whether what I have said will happen or not!"H3068H559H4872H3068H3027H7114H7200H1697H7136
24So Moses went out and told the people what the LORD had said. He assembled seventy of the leaders and placed them around the Tent.H4872H3318H1696H5971H1697H3068H622H7657H376H2205H5971H5975H5439H168
25Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the spirit he had given to Moses and gave it to the seventy leaders. When the spirit came on them, they began to shout like prophets, but not for long.H3068H3381H6051H1696H680H7307H5414H7657H2205H376H7307H5117H5012H3254
26Two of the seventy leaders, Eldad and Medad, had stayed in the camp and had not gone out to the Tent. There in the camp the spirit came on them, and they too began to shout like prophets.H7604H8147H582H4264H8034H259H419H8034H8145H4312H7307H5117H3789H3318H168H5012H4264
27A young man ran out to tell Moses what Eldad and Medad were doing.H7323H5288H5046H4872H559H419H4312H5012H4264
28Then Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' helper since he was a young man, spoke up and said to Moses, "Stop them, sir!"H3091H1121H5126H8334H4872H979H6030H559H113H4872H3607
29Moses answered, "Are you concerned about my interests? I wish that the LORD would give his spirit to all his people and make all of them shout like prophets!"H4872H559H7065H5414H3068H5971H5030H3068H5414H7307
30Then Moses and the seventy leaders of Israel went back to camp.H4872H622H4264H2205H3478

The Lord Sends Quails

31Suddenly the LORD sent a wind that brought quails from the sea, flying three feet above the ground. They settled on the camp and all around it for miles and miles in every direction.H5265H7307H3068H1468H7958H3220H5203H4264H3117H1870H3541H3117H1870H3541H5439H4264H520H6440H776
32So all that day, all night, and all the next day, the people worked catching quails; no one gathered less than fifty bushels. They spread them out to dry all around the camp.H5971H6965H3117H3915H4283H3117H622H7958H4591H622H6235H2563H7849H7849H5439H4264
33While there was still plenty of meat for them to eat, the LORD became angry with the people and caused an epidemic to break out among them.H1320H2962H8127H3772H639H3068H2734H5971H3068H5221H5971H3966H7227H4347
34That place was named Kibroth Hattaavah (which means "Graves of Craving"), because there they buried the people who had craved meat.H7121H8034H4725H6914H6912H5971H183
35From there the people moved to Hazeroth, where they made camp.H5971H5265H6914H2698H2698


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