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Numbers 11
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- 1WEBThe people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger burned; and Yahweh’s fire burned among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.KJVAnd when the people complained, 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.
- 2WEBThe people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated.KJVAnd the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
- 3WEBThe name of that place was called Taberah, because Yahweh’s fire burned among them.KJVAnd he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
- 4WEBThe mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly; and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?KJVAnd the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
- 5WEBWe remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;KJVWe remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
- 6WEBbut now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at.”KJVBut now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
- 7WEBThe manna was like coriander seed, and it looked like bdellium.KJVAnd the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
- 8WEBThe people went around, gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it. Its taste was like the taste of fresh oil.KJVAnd the people went about, 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.
- 9WEBWhen the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.KJVAnd when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
- 10WEBMoses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and Yahweh’s anger burned greatly; and Moses was displeased.KJVThen 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.
- 11WEBMoses said to Yahweh, “Why have you treated your servant so badly? Why haven’t I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?KJVAnd 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?
- 12WEBHave I conceived all this people? Have I brought them out, that you should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers’?KJVHave 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?
- 13WEBWhere could I get meat to give all these people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’KJVWhence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
- 14WEBI am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.KJVI am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
- 15WEBIf you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don’t let me see my wretchedness.”KJVAnd 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.
- 16WEBYahweh said to Moses, “Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.KJVAnd 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; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
- 17WEBI will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you don’t bear it yourself alone.KJVAnd 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.
- 18WEB“Say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, and you will eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.” Therefore Yahweh will give you meat, and you will eat.KJVAnd 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.
- 19WEBYou will not eat just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,KJVYe shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
- 20WEBbut a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have rejected Yahweh who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?”’”KJVBut even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
- 21WEBMoses said, “The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month.’KJVAnd 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.
- 22WEBShall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?”KJVShall 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?
- 23WEBYahweh said to Moses, “Has Yahweh’s hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not.”KJVAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
- 24WEBMoses went out, and told the people Yahweh’s words; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them around the Tent.KJVAnd 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.
- 25WEBYahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.KJVAnd 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 elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.
- 26WEBBut two men remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the Spirit rested on them. They were of those who were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.KJVBut 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.
- 27WEBA young man ran, and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”KJVAnd there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.
- 28WEBJoshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, “My lord Moses, forbid them!”KJVAnd Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
- 29WEBMoses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh’s people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!”KJVAnd 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!
- 30WEBMoses went into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.KJVAnd Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
- 31WEBA wind from Yahweh went out and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.KJVAnd 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.
- 32WEBThe people rose up all that day, and all of that night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails. He who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them all out for themselves around the camp.KJVAnd 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: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
- 33WEBWhile the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, Yahweh’s anger burned against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.KJVAnd 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.
- 34WEBThe name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.KJVAnd he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
- 35WEBFrom Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth; and they stayed at Hazeroth.KJVAnd the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
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- King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.