| 1 And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the
ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the
fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the
camp. 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto Jehovah,
and the fire abated. 3 And the name of that place was called Taberah,
because the fire of Jehovah burnt among them.
4 And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the
children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the
cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:
6 but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all save this manna
to look upon. 7 And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance
thereof as the appearance of bdellium. 8 The people went about, and
gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in
pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh
oil. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell
upon it. 10 And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families,
every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Jehovah was kindled
greatly; and Moses was displeased. 11 And Moses said unto Jehovah,
Wherefore hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? and wherefore have I not
found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon
me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that
thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father
carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their
fathers? 13 Whence 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, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And
if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found
favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
16 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders
of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers
over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there
with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will
take of the Spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they
shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself
alone. 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against
to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah,
saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt:
therefore Jehovah 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 it be
loathsome unto you; because that ye have rejected Jehovah who is among you,
and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? 21 And
Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen;
and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
22 Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all
the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And
Jehovah said unto Moses, Is Jehovah's hand waxed short? now shalt thou see
whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
24 And Moses went out, and told the people the words of Jehovah: and he
gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about
the Tent. 25 And Jehovah came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and
took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and
it came to pass, that, when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but
they did so no more.
26 But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad,
and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested upon them; and they
were of them that were written, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they
prophesied in the camp. 27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and
said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And Joshua the son of
Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord
Moses, forbid them. 29 And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my
sake? would that all Jehovah's people were prophets, that Jehovah would put
his Spirit upon them! 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the
elders of Israel.
31 And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, 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, round about the camp, and about two cubits
above the face of the earth. 32 And the people rose up all that day, and
all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that
gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for
themselves round about the camp. 33 While the flesh was yet between their
teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the
people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague. 34 And the
name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the
people that lusted. 35 From Kibrothhattaavah the people journeyed unto
Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth.
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