Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food. New Living Translation So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means “graves of gluttony”) because there they buried the people who had craved meat from Egypt. English Standard Version Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving. Berean Standard Bible So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food. King James Bible And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. New King James Version So he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving. New American Standard Bible So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy. NASB 1995 So the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy. NASB 1977 So the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy. Legacy Standard Bible So the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah because there they buried the people who had been greedy. Amplified Bible So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah (the graves of greediness), because there they buried the people who had been greedy [for more than the manna that God provided them]. Christian Standard Bible So they named that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved the meat. Holman Christian Standard Bible So they named that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved the meat. American Standard Version And the name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted. Contemporary English Version After they had buried the people who had been so greedy for meat, they called the place "Graves for the Greedy." English Revised Version And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. GOD'S WORD® Translation That place was called Kibroth Hattaavah [Graves of Those Who Craved [Meat]] because there they buried the people who had a strong craving [for meat]. Good News Translation That place was named Kibroth Hattaavah (which means "Graves of Craving"), because there they buried the people who had craved meat. International Standard Version That's why the place was named Kibroth-hattaavah, because they buried the people there who had an insatiable appetite for meat. Majority Standard Bible So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food. NET Bible So the name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that craved different food. New Heart English Bible The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted. Webster's Bible Translation And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. World English Bible The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand [one] calls the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust. Young's Literal Translation and one calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust. Smith's Literal Translation And he will call the name of that place, The Graves of Longings, for there they buried the people longing. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd that place was called, The graves of lust: for there they buried the people that had lusted. And departing from the graves of lust, they came unto Haseroth, and abode there. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah, because it was there that the greedy people were buried. New Revised Standard Version So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he called the name of that place Kabrey di Rigta (the graves of craving); because it was there that they buried the people who craved meat. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And he called the name of that country “The Tombs of Lust”, because there they performed a burial for the people who lusted lust. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the name of that place was called the Graves of Lust; for there they buried the people that lusted. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Quail and the Plague…33But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague. 34So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food. 35From Kibroth-hattaavah the people moved on to Hazeroth, where they remained for some time.… Cross References Exodus 16:2-3 And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. / “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!” Psalm 78:30-31 Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths, / God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel. 1 Corinthians 10:6-11 These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” / We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. ... Psalm 106:14-15 They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. / So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them. Deuteronomy 9:22 You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah. John 6:49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 1 Corinthians 10:1-5 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea. / They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. / They all ate the same spiritual food ... Exodus 17:1-7 Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. / So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?” / But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” ... Psalm 95:8-11 do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. / For forty years I was angry with that generation, and I said, “They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known My ways.” ... Hebrews 3:7-11 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice, / do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. ... Deuteronomy 8:2-3 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments. / He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. Matthew 4:4 But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” Hebrews 3:16-19 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? / And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? ... Exodus 32:9-10 The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people. / Now leave Me alone, so that My anger may burn against them and consume them. Then I will make you into a great nation.” Jude 1:5 Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe. Treasury of Scripture And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. Kibroth-hattaavah. Numbers 33:16 And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah. Deuteronomy 9:22 And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath. 1 Corinthians 10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. Jump to Previous Ah Buried Craved Craving Desires Earth Hattaavah Kibroth Kibrothhattaavah Kibroth-Hattaavah Kib'roth-Hatta'avah WayJump to Next Ah Buried Craved Craving Desires Earth Hattaavah Kibroth Kibrothhattaavah Kibroth-Hattaavah Kib'roth-Hatta'avah WayNumbers 11 1. The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer4. The people crave meat, and loathe manna 10. Moses complains of his charge 16. God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders, 18. and to give the people meat for a month 21. Moses' faith is staggered 31. Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth Hattaavah So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah The name "Kibroth-hattaavah" is derived from Hebrew roots, with "Kibroth" meaning "graves" and "Hattaavah" meaning "of craving" or "of lust." This name is significant as it serves as a memorial to the consequences of the Israelites' discontent and craving for meat over the provision of manna. The naming of places in the Bible often reflects significant events or divine interventions, and here it marks a moment of divine judgment. Theologically, it serves as a reminder of the dangers of succumbing to fleshly desires and the importance of trusting in God's provision. because there they buried the people who had craved other food Verse 34. - Kibroth-Hattaavah. The graves of greediness. Septuagint, Μνήματα τῆς ἐπιθυμίας. This name, like Tabeerah, was given to the place by the Israelites themselves in connection with their own history; the name, therefore, like the sad memory it enshrined, lived only in the sacred record. It is utterly uncertain where it lay, except that it was apparently the terminus of a three days' journey from Sinai, and in the desert of Paran. How long they stayed at Kibroth-Hattaavah is also quite uncertain. If the plague followed hard upon the coming of the quails, a few days would suffice for all the events recorded in this chapter, and we may well believe that the people would be only too glad to receive the signal of departure as soon as they had buried their unhappy brethren. |
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