Numbers 11:1
Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.
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2And the people made an outcry to Moses, and Moses made prayer to the Lord, and the fire was stopped.
Cross References
Genesis 38:10And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.
Exodus 16:2And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:
Exodus 16:9And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the people of Israel, Come near before the Lord for he has given ear to your outcry.
Leviticus 10:2And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.
Numbers 12:2And they said, Have the words of the Lord been given to Moses only? have they not come to us? And the Lord took note of it.
Numbers 20:2And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:1
Hitherto things had gone pretty well in Israel; little interruption had been given to the methods of God's favour to them since the matter of the golden calf; the people seemed teachable in marshalling and purifying the camp, the princes devout and generous in dedicating the altar, and there was good hope that they would be in Canaan presently. But at this chapter begins a melancholy scene; the measures are all broken, God has turned to be their enemy, and fights against them—and it is sin that makes all this… Read the whole commentary →