Numbers 11
1 And the people were as murmurers, [speaking] evil in the ears of Jehovah: and
when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt
among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.
2 And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto Jehovah, and the fire
abated.
3 And the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of Jehovah
burnt among them.
4 And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: 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 for nought; the cucumbers, and
the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:
6 but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna to
look upon.
7 And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the
appearance of bdellium.
8 The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in
mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as
the taste of fresh oil.
9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10 And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at
the door of his tent: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly; and Moses
was displeased.
11 And Moses said unto Jehovah, Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant?
and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden
of all this people upon me?
12 Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou
shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the
sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto
me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have
found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
16 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of
Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over
them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with
thee.
17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the Spirit
which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of
the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye
shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who shall give
us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Jehovah will give
you flesh, and ye shall eat.
19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor
twenty days,
20 but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome
unto you; because that ye have rejected Jehovah who is among you, and have wept
before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
21 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand
footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole
month.
22 Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the
fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
23 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Is Jehovah's hand waxed short? now shalt thou
see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of Jehovah: and he gathered
seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.
25 And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the
Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to
pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so
no more.
26 But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and
the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested upon them; and they were of
them that were written, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied
in the camp.
27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do
prophesy in the camp.
28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men,
answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
29 And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all
Jehovah's people were prophets, that Jehovah would put his Spirit upon them!
30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31 And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and brought quails from the sea,
and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's
journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the
face of the earth.
32 And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day,
and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they
spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
33 While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of
Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very
great plague.
34 And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they
buried the people that lusted.
35 From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at
Hazeroth.