Numbers Chapter 11

Numbers Chapter 11
1 When the people became murmurers, it
displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard
it, therefore his wrath was kindled, and
the fire of the Lord burned among them,
and consumed the utmost part of the host.
2 Then the people cried unto Moses: and
when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the
fire was quenched.
3 And he called the name of that place
Taberah, because the fire of the Lord
burned among them.
4 And a number of people that was
among them, fell a lusting, and turned
away, and the children of Israel also
wept and said, Who shall give us flesh
to eat?
5 We remember the fish which we did
eat in Egypt for naught, the cucumbers,
and the pepons, and the leeks, and the
onions, and the garlic.
6 But now our soul is dried away, we
can see nothing but this manna. 7 (The
manna also was as coriander seed, and
his color like the color of bdellium.
8 The people went about and gathered it,
and ground it in mills, or beat it in
mortars, and baked it in a cauldron, and
made cakes of it, and the taste of it was
like unto the taste of fresh oil.
9 And when the dew fell down upon the
host in the night, the manna fell with it)
10 Then Moses heard the people weep
throughout their families, every man in
the door of his tent, and the wrath of the
Lord was grievously kindled: also
Moses was grieved.
11 And Moses said unto the Lord,
Wherefore hast thou vexed thy servant?
And why have I not found favor in thy
sight, seeing thou hast put the charge of
all this people upon me?
12 Have I conceived all this people? Or
have I begotten them, that thou shouldest
say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom (as
a nurse beareth the sucking child) unto
the land, for the which thou swearest
unto their fathers?
13 Where 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, for it is too heavy for me. 15
Therefore if thou deal thus with me, I
pray thee, if I have found favor in thy
sight, kill me, that I behold not my
misery.
16 Then the Lord said unto Moses,
Gather unto me seventy men of the elders
of Israel, whom thou knowest, that they
are the elders of the people, and
governors over them, and bring them
unto the tabernacle of the congregation,
and let them stand there with thee,
17 And I will come down, and talk with
thee there, and take of the spirit, which
is upon thee, and put upon them, and they
shall bear the burden of the people with
thee: so thou shalt not bear it alone.
18 Furthermore thou shalt say unto the
people, Be sanctified against tomorrow,
and ye shall eat flesh: for you have wept
in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall
give us flesh to eat? For we were better
in Egypt: therefore the Lord 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 be loathsome unto
you, because ye have contemned the
Lord, which is among you, and have
wept before him, saying, Why came we
hither out of Egypt?
21 And Moses said, Six hundred
thousand footmen are there of the
people, among whom I am: and thou
sayest, I will give them flesh, that they
may eat a month long.
22 Shall the sheep and the beeves be
slain for them, to find them? Either shall
all the fish of the sea be gathered
together for them to suffice them?
23 And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the
Lord’s hand shortened? Thou shalt see
now whether my word shall come to
pass unto thee, or no.
24 So Moses went out, and told the
people the words of the Lord, and
gathered seventy men of the elders of the
people, and set them round about the
tabernacle.
25 Then the Lord came down in a cloud,
and spake unto him, and took of the
spirit, that was upon him, and put it upon
the seventy ancient men: and when the
spirit rested upon them, then they
prophesied, and did not cease. 26 But
there remained two of the men in the
host: the name of the one was Eldad, and
the name of the other Medad, and the
spirit rested upon them, (for they were of
them that were written, and went not out
unto the tabernacle) and they prophesied
in the host.
27 Then there ran a young man, and told
Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do
prophesy in the host.
28 And Joshua the son of Nun the
servant of Moses one of his young men,
answered and said, My lord Moses,
forbid them.
29 But Moses said unto him, Envyest
thou for my sake? Yea, would God that
all the Lord’s people were prophets, and
that the Lord would put his spirit upon
them.
30 And Moses returned into the host, he
and the elders of Israel. 31 Then there
went forth a wind from the Lord, and
brought quails from the sea, and let them
fall upon the camp, a day’s journey on
this side, and a day’s journey on the
other side, round about the host, and they
were about two cubits above the earth.
32 Then the people arose, all that day,
and all the night, and all the next day,
and gathered the quails: he that gathered
the least, gathered ten homers full, and
they spread them abroad for their use
round about the host. 33 While the flesh
was yet between their teeth, before it
was chewed, even the wrath of the Lord
was kindled against the people, and the
Lord smote the people with an exceeding
great plague.
34 So the name of the place was called,
Kibroth-hattaavah: for there they buried
the people that fell a lusting.
35 From Kibroth-hattaavah the people
took their journey to Hazeroth, and
abode at Hazeroth.