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Numbers 11:3-5
Contemporary English Version
Numbers 11:3-5
Contemporary English Version
3 They named the place “Burning,”[a] because in his anger the Lord had set their camp on fire.
The People Grumble about Being Hungry
4 One day some foreigners among the Israelites became greedy for food, and even the Israelites themselves began moaning, “We don't have any meat! 5 In Egypt we could eat all the fish we wanted, and there were cucumbers, melons, all kinds of onions, and garlic.
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- 11.3 Burning: Or “Taberah.”
Numbers 11:3-5
New International Version
Numbers 11:3-5
New International Version
3 So that place was called Taberah,[a](A) because fire from the Lord had burned among them.(B)
Quail From the Lord
4 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! 5 We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.(E)
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- Numbers 11:3 Taberah means burning.
Numbers 11:3-5
King James Version
Numbers 11:3-5
King James Version
3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
4 And 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?
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:
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