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Numbers 11:3 KJV
Numbers · chapter 11 · verse 3
And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.Numbers 11:3 · King James Version
Numbers 11:3 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.
4And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- TaberahTabʻêrâhTaberah, a place in the DesertH8404 →
- calledqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
- fireʼêshfireH784 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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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