Numbers 11
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 11 of 36
Chapter Summary
The people complain and are punished with fire at Taberah. They lust for meat and despise the manna. Moses feels overwhelmed and God appoints seventy elders to help him. God provides quail but strikes the people with a plague for their greed.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Overwhelmed leader who pleads with Jehovah and receives seventy elders to share his burden
Son of Nun, Moses' minister who urges Moses to stop Eldad and Medad from prophesying
One of the seventy who prophesies in the camp when the spirit rests on him
One of the seventy who prophesies in the camp alongside Eldad
Timeline
The people complain bitterly in the hearing of Jehovah, causing His anger to kindle. The fire of Jehovah burns among them at the edge of the camp until Moses prays and names the place Taberah.
Numbers 11:1-3A mixed multitude and the Israelites weep, craving the meat, fish, and vegetables of Egypt. They loudly express their loathing for having nothing to eat but manna.
Numbers 11:4-9Frustrated by the weeping people, Moses complains to God about the unbearable burden of leading them alone. He despairs of finding meat for them and asks God to kill him rather than let him face such trouble.
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