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1. Now the people complained to the Lord about their troubles, and when he heard them, he became angry. Then fire from the Lord burned among the people at the edge of the camp.
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1. And when the people H5971 complained H596 , it displeased H7451 H241 the LORD H3068 : and the LORD H3068 heard H8085 it ; and his anger H639 was kindled H2734 ; and the fire H784 of the LORD H3068 burnt H1197 among them , and consumed H398 them that were in the uttermost parts H7097 of the camp H4264 .
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2. The people cried out to Moses, and when he prayed to the Lord, the fire stopped burning.
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2. And the people H5971 cried H6817 unto H413 Moses H4872 ; and when Moses H4872 prayed H6419 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , the fire H784 was quenched H8257 .
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3. So that place was called Taberah, because the Lord's fire had burned among them.
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3. And he called H7121 the name H8034 of the place H4725 Taberah H8404 : because H3588 the fire H784 of the LORD H3068 burnt H1197 among them.
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4. Some troublemakers among them wanted better food, and soon all the Israelites began complaining. They said, "We want meat!
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4. And the mixed multitude H628 that H834 was among H7130 them fell a lusting H183 H8378 : and the children H1121 of Israel H3478 also H1571 wept H1058 again H7725 , and said H559 , Who H4310 shall give us flesh H1320 to eat H398 ?
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5. We remember the fish we ate for free in Egypt. We also had cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
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5. We remember H2142 H853 the fish H1710 , which H834 we did eat H398 in Egypt H4714 freely H2600 ; H853 the cucumbers H7180 , and the melons H20 , and the leeks H2682 , and the onions H1211 , and the garlic H7762 :
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6. But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!"
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6. But now H6258 our soul H5315 is dried away H3002 : there is nothing H369 at all H3605 , beside H1115 H413 this manna H4478 , before our eyes H5869 .
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7. The manna was like small white seeds.
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7. And the manna H4478 was as coriander H1407 seed H2233 , and the color H5869 thereof as the color H5869 of bedellium H916 .
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8. The people would go to gather it, and then grind it in handmills, or crush it between stones. After they cooked it in a pot or made cakes with it, it tasted like bread baked with olive oil.
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8. And the people H5971 went about H7751 , and gathered H3950 it , and ground H2912 it in mills H7347 , or H176 beat H1743 it in a mortar H4085 , and baked H1310 it in pans H6517 , and made H6213 cakes H5692 of it : and the taste H2940 of it was H1961 as the taste H2940 of fresh H3955 oil H8081 .
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9. When the dew fell on the camp each night, so did the manna.
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9. And when the dew H2919 fell H3381 upon H5921 the camp H4264 in the night H3915 , the manna H4478 fell H3381 upon H5921 it.
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10. Moses heard every family crying as they stood in the entrances of their tents. Then the Lord became very angry, and Moses got upset.
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10. Then Moses H4872 heard H8085 H853 the people H5971 weep H1058 throughout their families H4940 , every man H376 in the door H6607 of his tent H168 : and the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 was kindled H2734 greatly H3966 ; Moses H4872 also was displeased H5869 H7451 .
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11. He asked the Lord, "Why have you brought me, your servant, this trouble? What have I done wrong that you made me responsible for all these people?
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11. And Moses H4872 said H559 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , Wherefore H4100 hast thou afflicted H7489 thy servant H5650 ? and wherefore H4100 have I not H3808 found H4672 favor H2580 in thy sight H5869 , that thou layest H7760 H853 the burden H4853 of all H3605 this H2088 people H5971 upon H5921 me?
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12. I am not the father of all these people, and I didn't give birth to them. So why do you make me carry them to the land you promised to our ancestors? Must I carry them in my arms as a nurse carries a baby?
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12. Have I H595 conceived H2030 H853 all H3605 this H2088 people H5971 ? have I H595 begotten H3205 them, that H3588 thou shouldest say H559 unto H413 me, Carry H5375 them in thy bosom H2436 , as H834 a nursing father H539 beareth H5375 H853 the sucking child H3243 , unto H5921 the land H127 which H834 thou sworest H7650 unto their fathers H1 ?
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13. Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying to me, 'We want meat!'
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13. Whence H4480 H370 should I have flesh H1320 to give H5414 unto all H3605 this H2088 people H5971 ? for H3588 they weep H1058 unto H5921 me, saying H559 , Give H5414 us flesh H1320 , that we may eat H398 .
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14. I can't take care of all these people alone. It is too much for me.
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14. I H595 am not able H3201 H3808 to bear H5375 H853 all H3605 this H2088 people H5971 alone H905 , because H3588 it is too heavy H3515 for H4480 me.
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15. If you are going to continue doing this to me, then kill me now. If you care about me, put me to death, and then I won't have any more troubles."
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15. And if H518 thou H859 deal H6213 thus H3602 with me, kill H2026 me , I pray thee H4994 , out of hand H2026 , if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in thy sight H5869 ; and let me not H408 see H7200 my wretchedness H7451 .
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16. The Lord said to Moses, "Bring me seventy of Israel's older leaders, men that you know are leaders among the people. Bring them to the Meeting Tent, and have them stand there with you.
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16. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Gather H622 unto me seventy H7657 men H376 of the elders H4480 H2205 of Israel H3478 , whom H834 thou knowest H3045 to be the elders H2205 of the people H5971 , and officers H7860 over them ; and bring H3947 them unto H413 the tabernacle H168 of the congregation H4150 , that they may stand H3320 there H8033 with H5973 thee.
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17. I will come down and speak with you there. I will take some of the Spirit that is in you, and I will give it to them. They will help you care for the people so that you will not have to care for them alone.
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17. And I will come down H3381 and talk H1696 with H5973 thee there H8033 : and I will take H680 of H4480 the spirit H7307 which H834 is upon H5921 thee , and will put H7760 it upon H5921 them ; and they shall bear H5375 the burden H4853 of the people H5971 with H854 thee , that thou H859 bear H5375 it not H3808 thyself alone H905 .
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18. "Tell the people this: 'Make yourselves holy for tomorrow, and you will eat meat. You cried to the Lord, "We want meat! We were better off in Egypt!" So now the Lord will give you meat to eat.
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18. And say H559 thou unto H413 the people H5971 , Sanctify yourselves H6942 against tomorrow H4279 , and ye shall eat H398 flesh H1320 : for H3588 ye have wept H1058 in the ears H241 of the LORD H3068 , saying H559 , Who H4310 shall give us flesh H1320 to eat H398 ? for H3588 it was well H2895 with us in Egypt H4714 : therefore the LORD H3068 will give H5414 you flesh H1320 , and ye shall eat H398 .
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19. You will eat it not for just one, two, five, ten, or even twenty days,
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19. Ye shall not H3808 eat H398 one H259 day H3117 , nor H3808 two days H3117 , nor H3808 five H2568 days H3117 , neither H3808 ten H6235 days H3117 , nor H3808 twenty H6242 days H3117 ;
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20. but you will eat that meat for a whole month. You will eat it until it comes out your nose, and you will grow to hate it. This is because you have rejected the Lord, who is with you. You have cried to him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?"' "
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20. But even H5704 a whole H3117 month H2320 , until H5704 H834 it come out H3318 at your nostrils H4480 H639 , and it be H1961 loathsome H2214 unto you: because H3282 that H3588 ye have despised H3988 H853 the LORD H3068 which H834 is among H7130 you , and have wept H1058 before H6440 him, saying H559 , Why H4100 H2088 came we forth H3318 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 ?
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21. Moses said, "Lord, here are six hundred thousand people standing around me, and you say, 'I will give them enough meat to eat for a month!'
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21. And Moses H4872 said H559 , The people H5971 , among H7130 whom H834 I H595 am , are six H8337 hundred H3967 thousand H505 footmen H7273 ; and thou H859 hast said H559 , I will give H5414 them flesh H1320 , that they may eat H398 a whole H3117 month H2320 .
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22. If we killed all the flocks and herds, that would not be enough. If we caught all the fish in the sea, that would not be enough."
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22. Shall the flocks H6629 and the herds H1241 be slain H7819 for them , to suffice H4672 them? or H518 H853 shall all H3605 the fish H1709 of the sea H3220 be gathered together H622 for them , to suffice H4672 them?
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23. But the Lord said to Moses, "Do you think I'm weak? Now you will see if I can do what I say."
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23. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Moses H4872 , Is the LORD H3068 's hand H3027 waxed short H7114 ? thou shalt see H7200 now H6258 whether my word H1697 shall come to pass H7136 unto thee or H518 not H3808 .
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24. So Moses went out to the people and told them what the Lord had said. He gathered seventy of the older leaders together and had them stand around the Tent.
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24. And Moses H4872 went out H3318 , and told H1696 H413 the people H5971 H853 the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 , and gathered H622 the seventy H7657 men H376 of the elders H4480 H2205 of the people H5971 , and set H5975 them round about H5439 the tabernacle H168 .
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25. Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. The Lord took some of the Spirit Moses had, and he gave it to the seventy leaders. With the Spirit in them, they prophesied, but just that one time.
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25. And the LORD H3068 came down H3381 in a cloud H6051 , and spoke H1696 unto H413 him , and took H680 of H4480 the spirit H7307 that H834 was upon H5921 him , and gave H5414 it unto H5921 the seventy H7657 elders H376 H2205 : and it came to pass H1961 , that , when the spirit H7307 rested H5117 upon H5921 them , they prophesied H5012 , and did not H3808 cease H3254 .
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26. Two men named Eldad and Medad were also listed as leaders, but they did not go to the Tent. They stayed in the camp, but the Spirit was also given to them, and they prophesied in the camp.
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26. But there remained H7604 two H8147 of the men H376 in the camp H4264 , the name H8034 of the one H259 was Eldad H419 , and the name H8034 of the other H8145 Medad H4312 : and the spirit H7307 rested H5117 upon H5921 them ; and they H1992 were of them that were written H3789 , but went not out H3318 H3808 unto the tabernacle H168 : and they prophesied H5012 in the camp H4264 .
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27. A young man ran to Moses and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp."
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27. And there ran H7323 a young man H5288 , and told H5046 Moses H4872 , and said H559 , Eldad H419 and Medad H4312 do prophesy H5012 in the camp H4264 .
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28. Joshua son of Nun said, "Moses, my master, stop them!" (Ever since he was a young boy, Joshua had been Moses' assistant.)
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28. And Joshua H3091 the son H1121 of Nun H5126 , the servant H8334 of Moses H4872 , one of his young men H4480 H979 , answered H6030 and said H559 , My lord H113 Moses H4872 , forbid H3607 them.
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29. But Moses answered, "Are you jealous for me? I wish all the Lord's people could prophesy. I wish the Lord would give his Spirit to all of them!"
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29. And Moses H4872 said H559 unto him, Enviest H7065 thou H859 for my sake? would God H4310 H5414 that all H3605 the LORD H3068 's people H5971 were prophets H5030 , and that H3588 the LORD H3068 would put H5414 H853 his spirit H7307 upon H5921 them!
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30. Then Moses and the leaders of Israel went back to the camp.
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30. And Moses H4872 got H622 him into H413 the camp H4264 , he H1931 and the elders H2205 of Israel H3478 .
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31. The Lord sent a strong wind from the sea, and it blew quail into the area all around the camp. The quail were about three feet deep on the ground, and there were quail a day's walk in any direction.
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31. And there went forth H5265 a wind H7307 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , and brought H1468 quails H7958 from H4480 the sea H3220 , and let them fall H5203 by H5921 the camp H4264 , as it were a day H3117 's journey H1870 on this side H3541 , and as it were a day H3117 's journey H1870 on the other side H3541 , round about H5439 the camp H4264 , and as it were two cubits H520 high upon H5921 the face H6440 of the earth H776 .
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32. The people went out and gathered quail all that day, that night, and the next day. Everyone gathered at least sixty bushels, and they spread them around the camp.
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32. And the people H5971 stood up H6965 all H3605 that H1931 day H3117 , and all H3605 that night H3915 , and all H3605 the next H4283 day H3117 , and they gathered H622 H853 the quails H7958 : he that gathered least H4591 gathered H622 ten H6235 homers H2563 : and they spread them all abroad H7849 H7849 for themselves round about H5439 the camp H4264 .
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33. But the Lord became very angry, and he gave the people a terrible sickness that came while the meat was still in their mouths.
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33. And while the flesh H1320 was yet H5750 between H996 their teeth H8127 , ere H2962 it was chewed H3772 , the wrath H639 of the LORD H3068 was kindled H2734 against the people H5971 , and the LORD H3068 smote H5221 the people H5971 with a very H3966 great H7227 plague H4347 .
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34. So the people named that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried those who wanted other food.
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34. And he called H7121 H853 the name H8034 of that H1931 place H4725 Kibroth H6914 -hattaavah: because H3588 there H8033 they buried H6912 H853 the people H5971 that lusted H183 .
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35. From Kibroth Hattaavah the people went to stay at Hazeroth.
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35. And the people H5971 journeyed H5265 from Kibroth H4480 H6914 -hattaavah unto Hazeroth H2698 ; and abode H1961 at Hazeroth H2698 .
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