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Numbers 11:1 KJV
Numbers · chapter 11 · verse 1
And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.Numbers 11:1 · King James Version
Numbers 11:1 in context
1And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
2And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
3And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- complainedʼânanto mournH596 →
- displeasedraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- displeasedʼôzenbroadnessH241 →
- kindledchârâhto glow or grow warmH2734 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
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Here is, I. The people's sin. They complained, Num 11:1. They were, as it were, complainers. So it is in the margin. There were some secret grudgings and discontents among them, which as yet did not break out in an open mutiny.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3