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Chapter 11

The People of Israel Complain. The people complained about their hardships and the Lord heard and his anger flared up. Then the fire of the Lord burned up the outskirts of the camp. The people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was quenched. He named that place Taberah,[a] for the fire of the Lord had burned in their midst.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:3 Taberah seems to mean “place of pasture,” but the sacred writer here connects it with a similar root that means “to burn.” According to Deut 9:22f, this spot was in the area of Kadesh.