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Numbers 11:3-5
The Voice
Numbers 11:3-5
The Voice
3 On account of this incident of the burning fire from the Eternal, the place where it happened is called Taberah, which means “burning.”
4 A contingent of Israelites had a strong craving for different food, and the Israelites started complaining again.
Israelites: Who will give us meat to eat? 5 Remember in Egypt when we could eat whatever amount of fish we wanted, or even the abundant cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. But this, this can hardly be called food at all!
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)
Footnotes
- 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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