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| 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. | 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 died down. | 2When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out. |
| 3So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the LORD had burned among them. | 3So he called the name of that place Taberah because there the fire of the LORD burned among them. |
| 4The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, "If only we had meat to eat! | 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! |
| 5We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost--also 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 have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!" | 6But now we are dried up, and there is nothing at all before us except this manna!" |
| 7The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin. | 7(Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. |
| 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. | 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 settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down. | 9And when the dew came down on the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.) |
| 10Moses heard the people of every family wailing at the entrance to their tents. The LORD became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. | 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. |
| 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? | 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 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? | 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 can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to 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 all these people by myself; 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 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." | 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." |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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"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. | 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. |
| 19You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty 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 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?"'" | 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?"'" |
| 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!' | 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.' |
| 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?" | 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?" |
| 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." | 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 brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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 told 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!" |
| 28Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' aide since youth, spoke up and said, "Moses, my lord, stop them!" | 28Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said, "My lord Moses, stop 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!" | 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 and the elders of Israel returned to the camp. | 30Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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 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. | 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. |
| 34Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food. | 34So the name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that craved different food. |
| 35From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed there. | 35The people traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah to Hazeroth, and they stayed at Hazeroth. |
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