1 N ow the people complained about their troubles in the hearing of the Lord. When the Lord heard it, His anger burned. The fire of the Lord burned among them, and destroyed some around the outer parts of the tents.

The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger burned; and Yahweh’s fire burnt among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.

2 T hen the people cried to Moses and he prayed to the Lord, and the fire went out.

The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated.

3 S o the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.

The name of that place was called Taberah, because Yahweh’s fire burnt among them.

4 T he mixed group of people among them had strong desires. The people of Israel cried again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who will give us flesh to eat?

5 W e remember all the fish we could eat free in Egypt, and all the fruit and vegetables and spices.

We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;

6 B ut now our strength is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this bread from heaven.”

but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at.”

7 N ow the bread from heaven was like coriander seed, and it looked like bdellium.

The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.

8 T he people would go and gather it and beat it between stones. They boiled it in a pot or made bread with it. It tasted like bread made with oil.

The people went around, gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it. Its taste was like the taste of fresh oil.

9 W hen the grass became wet around the tents at night, the bread from heaven would fall.

When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.

10 M oses heard all the people crying in every family, each man at the door of his tent. The Lord became very angry with them and Moses was not pleased.

Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and Yahweh’s anger burned greatly; and Moses was displeased.

11 S o Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You been so hard on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your eyes, that You have laid the troubles of all these people on me?

Moses said to Yahweh, “Why have you treated with your servant so badly? Why haven’t I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?

12 D id I give birth to all these people? Did I bring them out, that You should say to me, ‘Carry them close to your heart as a nurse carries a nursing baby, to the land You promised their fathers’?

Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them out, that you should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers?’

13 W here am I to get meat to give to all these people? They cry in front of me, saying, ‘Give us meat so we may eat!’

Where could I get meat to give to all this people? For they weep to me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’

14 I am not able to carry all these people alone. The load is too heavy for me.

I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

15 S o if You are going to act this way toward me, I beg You to kill me now, if I have found favor in Your eyes. Do not let me see how bad off I am.” The Seventy Leaders

If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don’t let me see my wretchedness.”

16 T he Lord said to Moses, “Gather for Me seventy men from the leaders of Israel, whom you know to be the leaders of the people, the men who rule over them. Bring them to the meeting tent and let them stand there with you.

Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather to 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, that they may stand there with you.

17 T hen I will come down and speak with you there. I will take of the Spirit Who is upon you, and will put Him upon them. Then they will carry the troubles of the people with you so you will not carry them all alone.

I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you not bear it yourself alone.

18 S ay to the people, ‘Make yourselves holy for tomorrow, and you will eat meat. The Lord heard you when you cried and said, “If only someone would give us meat to eat! For it was well with us in Egypt.” So the Lord will give you meat and you will eat.

“Say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and you will eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, “Who will give us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.” Therefore Yahweh will give you flesh, and you will eat.

19 Y ou will not eat it for only one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days.

You will not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days,

20 B ut you will eat it a whole month, until it comes out of your nose and you hate it, because you have turned away from the Lord Who is among you. You have cried before Him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’”

but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because that you have rejected Yahweh who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?”’”

21 B ut Moses said, “The people whom I am among are 600, 000 on foot. And You have said, ‘I will give them meat so they may eat for a whole month.’

Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, ‘I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.’

22 W ill enough flocks and cattle be killed to feed them? Or will enough fish be gathered from the sea to feed them?”

Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?”

23 T he Lord said to Moses, “Is there an end to the Lord’s power? Now you will see if My Word will come true for you or not.”

Yahweh said to Moses, “Has Yahweh’s hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not.”

24 S o Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. And he gathered seventy men from the leaders of the people, and had them stand around the meeting tent.

Moses went out, and told the people Yahweh’s words; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them around the Tent.

25 T hen the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him. He took of the Spirit Who was upon him and put Him upon the seventy leaders. When the Spirit rested upon them, they spoke the word of the Lord. But they did not do it again.

Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.

26 B ut two men had stayed among the tents. Their names were Eldad and Medad, and the Spirit rested upon them. They were among those who had been chosen, but had not gone out to the meeting tent. So they spoke the word of the Lord among the tents.

But two men remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested on them; and they were of those who were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.

27 A young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are speaking the word of the Lord among the tents.”

A young man ran, and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”

28 T hen Joshua the son of Nun, the helper of Moses since he was young, said, “Moses, my lord, do not let them.”

Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, “My lord Moses, forbid them!”

29 B ut Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my good? If only all the Lord’s people would speak for God, that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them!”

Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh’s people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!”

30 T hen Moses and the leaders of Israel returned to the tents. The Lord Sends Quails

Moses went into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

31 N ow a wind went out from the Lord. It brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the place where the tents were set up. They fell all around the tents, about as far on each side as it takes to travel in a day. They lay on the ground as deep as two cubits.

A wind from Yahweh went out 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, around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.

32 T he people worked all day and all night and all the next day gathering the quail. He who gathered the least gathered enough to fill 110 baskets. And they spread them out for themselves all around the tents.

The people rose up all that day, and all of that night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails. He who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them all out for themselves around the camp.

33 W hile the meat was still between their teeth and not yet eaten, the Lord became angry with the people. The Lord sent a bad sickness upon the people.

While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, Yahweh’s anger burned against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.

34 S o the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah. Because there they buried the people who had wanted meat to eat.

The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.

35 T he people left Kibroth-hattaavah and went to Hazeroth. And they stayed at Hazeroth.

From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth; and they stayed at Hazeroth.