Numbers 11:34

34 Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah,^[a] because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

Numbers 11:34 in Other Translations

34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

34 Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving.

34 So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means “graves of gluttony”) because there they buried the people who had craved meat from Egypt.

34 They ended up calling the place Kibroth Hattaavah (Graves-of-the-Craving). There they buried the people who craved meat.

34 So they named that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved [the meat].

Numbers 11:34 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 11:34

And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah
That is, Moses called it so, or it was called by the children of Israel, and by others in later times, by this name, which signifies "the graves of lust"; dug by lust, or which lust was the cause and occasion of, and where those that indulged it were buried, as follows:

because there they buried the people that lusted;
not all that lusted, for the lusting was pretty general; but all that died through their gluttony and intemperance, and the judgment of God on them; or who were the most inordinate in their lust, and encouraged others in it, and were the ringleaders in the murmur and mutiny.

Numbers 11:34 In-Context

32 All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers. Then they spread them out all around the camp.

33 But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.

34 Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed there.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 33:16; Deuteronomy 9:22

Footnotes

• [a]. "Kibroth Hattaavah" means "graves of craving" .