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| 1And the people complained in the hearing of the LORD about their misfortunes, and when the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. | 1Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. |
| 2Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down. | 2When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire died down. |
| 3So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burned among them. | 3So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the LORD had burned among them. |
| 4Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also wept again and said, “Oh that we had meat to eat! | 4The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, "If only we had meat to eat! |
| 5We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. | 5We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost--also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. |
| 6But now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.” | 6But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!" |
| 7Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium. | 7The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin. |
| 8The people went about and gathered it and ground it in handmills or beat it in mortars and boiled it in pots and made cakes of it. And the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil. | 8The people went around gathering it, and then ground it in a hand mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into loaves. And it tasted like something made with olive oil. |
| 9When the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell with it. | 9When the dew settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down. |
| 10Moses heard the people weeping throughout their clans, everyone at the door of his tent. And the anger of the LORD blazed hotly, and Moses was displeased. | 10Moses heard the people of every family wailing at the entrance to their tents. The LORD became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. |
| 11Moses said to the LORD, “Why have you dealt ill with your servant? And why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? | 11He asked the LORD, "Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? |
| 12Did I conceive all this people? Did I give them birth, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing child,’ to the land that you swore to give their fathers? | 12Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their ancestors? |
| 13Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’ | 13Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, 'Give us meat to eat!' |
| 14I am not able to carry all this people alone; the burden is too heavy for me. | 14I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. |
| 15If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.” | 15If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me--if I have found favor in your eyes--and do not let me face my own ruin." |
| 16Then the LORD said to Moses, “Gather for me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you. | 16The LORD said to Moses: "Bring me seventy of Israel's elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you. |
| 17And I will come down and talk with you there. And I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not bear it yourself alone. | 17I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the power of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will share the burden of the people with you so that you will not have to carry it alone. |
| 18And say to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing of the LORD, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was better for us in Egypt.” Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you shall eat. | 18"Tell the people: 'Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The LORD heard you when you wailed, "If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!" Now the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat it. |
| 19You shall not eat just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days, | 19You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days, |
| 20but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you, because you have rejected the LORD who is among you and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?”’” | 20but for a whole month--until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it--because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?"'" |
| 21But Moses said, “The people among whom I am number six hundred thousand on foot, and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!’ | 21But Moses said, "Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, 'I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!' |
| 22Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, and be enough for them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, and be enough for them?” | 22Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?" |
| 23And the LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’s hand shortened? Now you shall see whether my word will come true for you or not.” | 23The LORD answered Moses, "Is the LORD's arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you." |
| 24So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. And he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and placed them around the tent. | 24So Moses went out and told the people what the LORD had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the tent. |
| 25Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took some of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. And as soon as the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied. But they did not continue doing it. | 25Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied--but did not do so again. |
| 26Now two men remained in the camp, one named Eldad, and the other named Medad, and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those registered, but they had not gone out to the tent, and so they prophesied in the camp. | 26However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp. |
| 27And a young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” | 27A young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp." |
| 28And Joshua the son of Nun, the assistant of Moses from his youth, said, “My lord Moses, stop them.” | 28Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' aide since youth, spoke up and said, "Moses, my lord, stop them!" |
| 29But Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!” | 29But Moses replied, "Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!" |
| 30And Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp. | 30Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp. |
| 31Then a wind from the LORD sprang up, and it brought quail from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the ground. | 31Now a wind went out from the LORD and drove quail in from the sea. It scattered them up to two cubits deep all around the camp, as far as a day's walk in any direction. |
| 32And the people rose all that day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail. Those who gathered least gathered ten homers. And they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. | 32All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers. Then they spread them out all around the camp. |
| 33While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck down the people with a very great plague. | 33But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague. |
| 34Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving. | 34Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food. |
| 35From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth. | 35From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed there. |
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