Numbers 11:3

3 The name of that place was called Taberah, because the LORD's fire burned against them.

Numbers 11:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 11:3

And he called the name of the place Taberah
That is, "burning": Moses called it so; or it may be rendered impersonally, it was called ^F19 so in later times by the people:

because the fire of the Lord burnt among them;
to perpetuate the, memory of this kind of punishment for their sins, that it might be a terror and warning to others; and this history is indeed recorded for our caution in these last days, that we murmur not as these Israelites did, and were destroyed of the destroyer, ( 1 Corinthians 10:10 1 Corinthians 10:11 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 (arqyw) "et vocatum est", Tigurine version, Fagius, Piscator.

Numbers 11:3 In-Context

1 When the people complained intensely in the LORD's hearing, the LORD heard and became angry. Then the LORD's fire burned them and consumed the edges of the camp.

2 When the people cried out to Moses, Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire subsided.

3 The name of that place was called Taberah, because the LORD's fire burned against them.

4 The riffraff among them had a strong craving. Even the Israelites cried again and said, "Who will give us meat to eat?

5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for free, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.

Footnotes

• [a] Or the place of burning