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He called the name of the place Taberah [burning], because the fire of the Lord burned among them.

And the mixed multitude among them [the rabble who followed Israel from Egypt] began to lust greatly [for familiar and dainty food], and the Israelites wept again and said, Who will give us meat to eat?

We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt and without cost, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.

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So that place was called Taberah,[a](A) because fire from the Lord had burned among them.(B)

Quail From the Lord

The rabble with them began to crave other food,(C) and again the Israelites started wailing(D) and said, “If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:3 Taberah means burning.