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So that place was called Taberah, because the Lord's fire burned among them there.

Some foreign people were travelling with the Israelites.[a] Those people wanted very much to eat better food. So the Israelites wept again. They said, ‘We want meat to eat! We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt. We had as much as we wanted. And we remember all the nice vegetables, cucumbers, leeks, onions and garlic. And we remember the melons.

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  1. 11:4 When the Israelites left Egypt, some foreign people came with them. We do not know why these foreign people came with them. Perhaps some of them were slaves.

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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  1. Numbers 11:3 Taberah means burning.