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| 1Eventually, the people began complaining about their distress, and the LORD heard them. When the LORD heard, his anger flared up and the LORD's fire incinerated some of them within the outskirts of the camp. | 1When the people complained, it displeased the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp. |
| 2When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire stopped. | 2When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out. |
| 3He then named that place Taberah, because the LORD's fire had incinerated some of them. | 3So he called the name of that place Taberah because there the fire of the LORD burned among them. |
| 4Meanwhile, certain riff-raff among the people had an insatiable appetite for food. As a result, they wept and turned back, and the Israelis cried out, "If only somebody would feed us some meat! | 4Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said, "If only we had meat to eat! |
| 5How we remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for free! And the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic! | 5We remember the fish we used to eat freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. |
| 6But now we can't stand it anymore, because there's nothing in front of us except this manna." | 6But now we are dried up, and there is nothing at all before us except this manna!" |
| 7Now manna was reminiscent of coriander seed, with an appearance similar to amber. | 7(Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. |
| 8People would go out to gather it, then they would grind it in mills or pound it in mortars, and then they would boil it in pots or make cakes out of it that tasted like butter cakes. | 8And the people went about and gathered it, and ground it with mills or pounded it in mortars; they baked it in pans and made cakes of it. It tasted like fresh olive oil. |
| 9When the dew fell in the camp, the manna came with it. | 9And when the dew came down on the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.) |
| 10Moses heard the people weeping throughout their entire families. Everyone gathered at the entrance to their tents so that the LORD was very angry. Moses thought the situation was bad, | 10Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and when the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, Moses was also displeased. |
| 11so he asked the LORD, "Why did you bring all this trouble to your servant? Why haven't I found favor in your eyes? After all, you're putting the burden of this entire people on me! | 11And Moses said to the LORD, "Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me? |
| 12Did I conceive this people or give birth to them, so that you would tell me to carry them near my heart like a wet nurse carries a suckling baby to the land that you promised to their forefathers? | 12Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,' to the land which you swore to their fathers? |
| 13Where am I going to get meat to give this people? After all, they're crying in front of me, 'Give us meat to eat!' | 13From where shall I get meat to give to this entire people, for they cry to me, 'Give us meat, that we may eat!' |
| 14I cannot carry this whole nation! The burden is too heavy for me! | 14I am not able to bear this entire people alone, because it is too heavy for me! |
| 15If this is how you treat me, please kill me right now, if I've found favor in your eyes, because I don't want to keep staring at all of this misery!" | 15But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble." |
| 16Then the LORD told Moses, "Gather together for me 70 men who are elders of Israel, men whom you know to be elders of the people and officers over them. Then bring them to the Tent of Meeting and let them stand there with you. | 16The LORD said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you. |
| 17Then I'll come down and speak with you. I'll take some of the spirit that rests on you and apportion it among them, so that they may help you bear the burden of the people. That way, you won't bear it by yourself." | 17Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take part of the spirit that is on you, and will put it on them, and they will bear some of the burden of the people with you, so that you do not bear it all by yourself. |
| 18"But give this command to the people: 'You are to consecrate yourselves, because tomorrow you're going to eat meat, since you've complained where the LORD can hear it, "Who can give us meat to eat? After all, life was better with us in Egypt." Therefore, the LORD is going to give you meat and you'll eat— | 18"And say to the people, 'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing of the LORD, saying, "Who will give us meat to eat, for life was good for us in Egypt?" Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat. |
| 19not only for a day, or for two days, or for five days, or for ten days, or for 20 days, | 19You will eat, not just one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, |
| 20but for a whole month—until it comes out your nostrils and makes you vomit. This is because you've despised the LORD, who is among you, and you cried out in his presence by complaining, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?"'" | 20but a whole month, until it comes out your nostrils and makes you sick, because you have despised the LORD who is among you and have wept before him, saying, "Why did we ever come out of Egypt?"'" |
| 21Moses responded, "I'm with 600,000 people on foot and you're saying I am to give them enough meat to eat for a whole month? | 21Moses said, "The people around me are 600,000 on foot; but you say, 'I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.' |
| 22What if we were to slaughter our entire inventory of flocks and herds for them? Would that be enough? What if we could gather all the fish in the sea in nets for them? Would that be enough, either?" | 22Would they have enough if the flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? If all the fish of the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?" |
| 23But the LORD responded to Moses, "Is the LORD short on power? You're now going to witness whether what I say will come to pass or not." | 23And the LORD said to Moses, "Is the LORD's hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!" |
| 24So Moses went out and told the people what the LORD had said. He gathered 70 men from the elders of the people and stationed them around the tent. | 24So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. He then gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tabernacle. |
| 25The LORD came down in a cloud, spoke to Moses, and made an apportionment from the spirit who rested on him to the 70 elders. When the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but that was it. | 25And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again. |
| 26Now two men had remained in camp. One was named Eldad and the other was named Medad. When the spirit rested on them, since they were among those who were listed but had not gone out to the tent, they stayed behind and prophesied in the camp. | 26But two men remained in the camp; one's name was Eldad, and the other's name was Medad. And the spirit rested on them. (Now they were among those in the registration, but had not gone to the tabernacle.) So they prophesied in the camp. |
| 27A young man ran and reported to Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!" | 27And a young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!" |
| 28In response, Nun's son Joshua, Moses' attendant and one of his choice men, exclaimed, "My master Moses! Stop them!" | 28Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said, "My lord Moses, stop them!" |
| 29"Are you jealous on account of me?" Moses asked in reply. "I wish all of the LORD's people were prophets and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!" | 29Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for me? I wish that all the LORD's people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!" |
| 30Then Moses—that is, he and the elders of Israel—returned to the camp. | 30Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel. |
| 31Just then, a wind burst forth from the LORD, who brought quails from the sea and spread them all around the camp, about a day's journey in each direction, completely encircling the camp about two cubits deep on top of the ground! | 31Now a wind went out from the LORD and brought quail from the sea, and let them fall near the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about three feet high on the surface of the ground. |
| 32The people stayed up all that day, all that night, and all through the next day, gathering quails. The one who gathered least gathered enough to fill ten omers, as they spread out all around the camp. | 32And the people stayed up all that day, all that night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail. The one who gathered the least gathered ten homers, and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. |
| 33But even as they were chewing the meat and before they had swallowed it, the LORD became very angry with the people and struck them with a disastrous plague. | 33But while the meat was still between their teeth, before they chewed it, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague. |
| 34That's why the place was named Kibroth-hattaavah, because they buried the people there who had an insatiable appetite for meat. | 34So the name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that craved different food. |
| 35Later, the people left Kibroth-hattaavah for Hazeroth and camped there. | 35The people traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah to Hazeroth, and they stayed at Hazeroth. |
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