Numbers 11:1-9

Fire From the LORD

1 Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
2 When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire died down.
3 So that place was called Taberah,[a] because fire from the LORD had burned among them.

Quail From the LORD

4 The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!
5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.
6 But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!”
7 The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin.
8 The people went around gathering it, and then ground it in a hand mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into loaves. And it tasted like something made with olive oil.
9 When the dew settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.

Cross References 17

  • 1. S Exodus 14:11; S Exodus 16:7; Lamentations 3:39
  • 2. Numbers 12:2; Deuteronomy 1:34
  • 3. S Exodus 4:14
  • 4. S Leviticus 10:2
  • 5. Numbers 21:28; Psalms 78:63; Isaiah 26:11
  • 6. Deuteronomy 9:19; 1 Samuel 2:25; 1 Samuel 12:23; Psalms 106:23
  • 7. S Genesis 20:7; Numbers 21:7; Deuteronomy 9:20; John 2:1
  • 8. Deuteronomy 9:22
  • 9. Numbers 16:35; Job 1:16; Isaiah 10:17
  • 10. S Exodus 16:3; Exodus 12:38
  • 11. ver 18; Psalms 78:18; 1 Corinthians 10:6
  • 12. S Exodus 16:3; Numbers 21:5
  • 13. Exodus 16:14
  • 14. S Exodus 16:31
  • 15. Genesis 2:12
  • 16. Exodus 16:16
  • 17. Exodus 16:13

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. "Taberah" means "burning" .
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