Now the people became
like athose who complain
of adversity
bin the hearing
of the LORD
; and when the LORD
heard
it, His anger
was kindled
, and the fire
of the LORD
burned
among them and consumed
some of the outskirts
of the camp
.
aThe people therefore cried
out to Moses
, and Moses
prayed
to the LORD
and the fire
1died
out.
So the name of that place
was called
1 aTaberah
, because
the fire
of the LORD
burned
among them.
The arabble who
were among
them 1had
greedy
desires
; and also
the sons
of Israel
wept
again
and said
, " bWho
will give us 2meat
to eat
?
" aWe remember the fish
which
we used to eat
free
in Egypt
, the cucumbers
and the melons
and the leeks
and the onions
and the garlic
,
but now aour 1appetite
is gone
. There
is nothing
at all
2to look
at except
this manna
."
aNow the manna was like coriander
seed
, and its appearance
like that of bbdellium
.
The people would go
about
and gather
it and grind
it 1between two millstones
or
beat
it in the mortar
, and boil
it in the pot
and make
cakes
with it; and its taste
was as the taste
of 2cakes
baked
with oil
.
aWhen the dew fell
on the camp
at night
, the manna
would fall
1with it.
Now Moses heard
the people
weeping
throughout their families
, each
man
at the doorway
of his tent
; and the anger
of the LORD
was kindled
greatly
, and 1Moses
was displeased
.
aSo Moses said
to the LORD
, "Why
have You 1been so hard
on Your servant
? And why
have I not found
favor
in Your sight
, that You have laid
the burden
of all
this
people
on me?
"Was it I who conceived all
this
people
? Was it I who brought
them forth
, that You should say
to me, `Carry
them in your bosom
as a 1 anurse
carries
a nursing
infant
, to the land
which
bYou swore
to their fathers
'?
"Where am I to get meat
to give
to aall
this
people
? For they weep
before
me, saying
, `Give
us meat
that we may eat
!'
" aI alone am not able
to carry
all
this
people
, because
it is too
1burdensome
for me.
" aSo if You are going to deal
thus
with me, please
kill
me at once
, if
I have found
favor
in Your sight
, and do not let me see
my wretchedness
."
The LORD therefore said
to Moses
, "Gather
for Me aseventy
men
from the elders
of Israel
, bwhom
you know
to be the elders
of the people
and their officers
and bring
them to the tent
of meeting
, and let them take
their stand
there
with you.
" aThen I will come down
and speak
with you there
, and I will take
of bthe Spirit
who
is upon you, and will put
Him upon them; and they shall bear
the burden
of the people
with you, so that you will not bear
it all alone
.
"Say to the people
, ` aConsecrate
yourselves for tomorrow
, and you shall eat
meat
; for you have wept
bin the ears
of the LORD
, saying
, "Oh
that someone
would give us meat
to eat
! For we were well-off
in Egypt
." Therefore the LORD
will give
you meat
and you shall eat
.
`You shall eat, not one
day
, nor
two days
, nor
five
days
, nor
ten
days
, nor
twenty
days
,
1but a whole month
, until
it comes
out of your nostrils
and becomes
loathsome
to you; because
ayou have rejected
the LORD
who
is among
you and have wept
before
Him, saying
, "Why
did we ever
leave
Egypt
?""'
But Moses said
, "The people
, among
whom
I am, are 600,000
on foot
; yet You have said
, `I will give
them meat
, so that they may eat
for a whole
month
.'
"Should flocks and herds
be slaughtered
for them, to be sufficient
for them? Or
should all
the fish
of the sea
be gathered
together for them, to be sufficient
for them?"
The LORD said
to Moses
, "Is athe LORD'S
1power
limited
? Now
you shall see
whether bMy word
will 2come
true
for you or
not."
So Moses went
out and atold
the people
the words
of the LORD
. Also, he gathered
seventy
men
of the elders
of the people
, and stationed
them around
the tent
.
aThen the LORD came
down
in the cloud
and spoke
to him; and He took
of the Spirit
who
was upon him and placed
Him upon the seventy
elders
. And when the Spirit
rested
upon them, they prophesied
. But they did not do
it again
.
But two men
had remained
in the camp
; the name
of one
was Eldad
and the name
of the 1other
Medad
. And athe Spirit
rested
upon them (now they were among those who had been registered
, but had not gone
out to the tent
), and they prophesied
in the camp
.
So a young man
ran
and told
Moses
and said
, "Eldad
and Medad
are prophesying
in the camp
."
Then aJoshua the son
of Nun
, the attendant
of Moses
from his youth
, said
, " bMoses
, my lord
, restrain
them."
But Moses said
to him, "Are you jealous
for my sake? aWould
that all
the LORD'S
people
were prophets
, that the LORD
would put
His Spirit
upon them!"
Then Moses 1returned
to the camp
, both he and the elders
of Israel
.
aNow there went forth
a wind
from the LORD
and it brought
quail
from the sea
, and let them fall
beside
the camp
, about a day's
journey
on this
side
and a day's
journey
on the other
side
, all
around
the camp
and 1about two 2cubits
deep on the surface
of the ground
.
The people 1spent
all
day
and all
night
and all
the next
day
, and gathered
the quail
(he who gathered least
gathered
ten
2 ahomers
) and they spread
them out for themselves all
around
the camp
.
aWhile the meat was still
between
their teeth
, before
it was chewed
, the anger
of the LORD
was kindled
against the people
, and the LORD
struck
the people
with a very
severe
plague
.
So the name of that place
was called
1 aKibroth-hattaavah
, because
there
they buried
the people
who had been
greedy
.
From Kibroth-hattaavah athe people
set
out for Hazeroth
, and they 1remained
at Hazeroth
.