1 And when the people complained [murmured sinfully before the Lord], it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
2 And the
people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was
quenched.
3 And he
called the name of the place Taberah [Burning]:
because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
4 And the
mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting [lusted exceedingly]: and
they and the children of Israel sat
down and also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
5 We
remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the
melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
6 But now
our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our
eyes.
7 And the
manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium [and the appearance of it the appearance of
hoar-frost].
8 And the
people went about [went through the field],
and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it
in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh
oil [and the sweetness of it was as the
taste (of) wafer made with oil].
9 And when
the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10 Then
Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of
his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was
displeased.
11 And Moses
said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore
have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this
people upon me?
12 Have I
conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto
me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child,
unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
13 Whence
should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me,
saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
14 I am not
able [I shall not be able] to bear
all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
15 And if
thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found
favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
16 And the
LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom
thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them [their scribes]; and bring them unto
the tabernacle of the congregation [of
witness], that they may stand there with thee.
17 And I
will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is
upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the
people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
18 And say
thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat
flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us
flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give
you flesh, and ye shall eat flesh.
19 Ye shall
not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty
days;
20 But even
a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto
you: because that ye have despised [disobeyed]
the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we
forth out of Egypt?
21 And Moses
said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou
hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
22 Shall the
flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish
of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
23 And the
LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short [Shall not the hand of the Lord be fully suficiente]? thou shalt
see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
24 And Moses
went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy
men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle.
25 And the
LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was
upon him, and gave it unto the seventy men
that were elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon
them, they prophesied, and did not cease [and
ceased].
26 But there
remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the
name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them
that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in
the camp.
27 And there
ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the
camp.
28 And
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses,
the chosen one, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses,
forbid them.
29 And Moses
said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’s people
were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!
30 And Moses
gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31 And there
went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them
fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a
day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two
cubits high upon the face of the earth.
32 And the
people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and
they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers [measures]: and they spread them all
abroad for themselves round about the camp
[and they refreshed themselves round about the camp].
33 And while
the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD
was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great
plague.
34 And he
called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah [Graves of Lust]: because there they buried the people that
lusted.
35 And the
people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah [Graves
of Lust] unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
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