Numbers 11 : 1 (NCV)
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.
Numbers 11 : 2 (NCV)
The people cried out to Moses, and when he prayed to the Lord, the fire stopped burning.
Numbers 11 : 3 (NCV)
So that place was called Taberah, because the Lord's fire had burned among them.
Numbers 11 : 4 (NCV)
Some troublemakers among them wanted better food, and soon all the Israelites began complaining. They said, "We want meat!
Numbers 11 : 5 (NCV)
We remember the fish we ate for free in Egypt. We also had cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
Numbers 11 : 6 (NCV)
But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!"
Numbers 11 : 7 (NCV)
The manna was like small white seeds.
Numbers 11 : 8 (NCV)
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.
Numbers 11 : 9 (NCV)
When the dew fell on the camp each night, so did the manna.
Numbers 11 : 10 (NCV)
Moses heard every family crying as they stood in the entrances of their tents. Then the Lord became very angry, and Moses got upset.
Numbers 11 : 11 (NCV)
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?
Numbers 11 : 12 (NCV)
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?
Numbers 11 : 13 (NCV)
Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying to me, 'We want meat!'
Numbers 11 : 14 (NCV)
I can't take care of all these people alone. It is too much for me.
Numbers 11 : 15 (NCV)
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."
Numbers 11 : 16 (NCV)
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.
Numbers 11 : 17 (NCV)
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.
Numbers 11 : 18 (NCV)
"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.
Numbers 11 : 19 (NCV)
You will eat it not for just one, two, five, ten, or even twenty days,
Numbers 11 : 20 (NCV)
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?"' "
Numbers 11 : 21 (NCV)
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!'
Numbers 11 : 22 (NCV)
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."
Numbers 11 : 23 (NCV)
But the Lord said to Moses, "Do you think I'm weak? Now you will see if I can do what I say."
Numbers 11 : 24 (NCV)
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.
Numbers 11 : 25 (NCV)
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.
Numbers 11 : 26 (NCV)
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.
Numbers 11 : 27 (NCV)
A young man ran to Moses and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp."
Numbers 11 : 28 (NCV)
Joshua son of Nun said, "Moses, my master, stop them!" (Ever since he was a young boy, Joshua had been Moses' assistant.)
Numbers 11 : 29 (NCV)
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!"
Numbers 11 : 30 (NCV)
Then Moses and the leaders of Israel went back to the camp.
Numbers 11 : 31 (NCV)
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.
Numbers 11 : 32 (NCV)
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.
Numbers 11 : 33 (NCV)
But the Lord became very angry, and he gave the people a terrible sickness that came while the meat was still in their mouths.
Numbers 11 : 34 (NCV)
So the people named that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried those who wanted other food.
Numbers 11 : 35 (NCV)
From Kibroth Hattaavah the people went to stay at Hazeroth.
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