Numbers 11:3

And he called the name of that place, The burning: for that the fire of the Lord had been kindled against them.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

In Context

2And when the people cried to Moses, Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was swallowed up.

4For a mixt multitude of people, that came up with them, burned with desire, sitting and weeping, the children of Israel also being joined with them, and said: Who shall give us flesh to eat?

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Cross References

Numbers 16:35And a fire coming out from the Lord, destroyed the two hundred and fifty men that offered the incense.

Psalms 78:21Therefore the Lord heard, and was angry: and a fire was kindled against Jacob, and wrath came up against Israel.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:2-4

The Murmurings of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1490.) 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. 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord , the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. Here is, I. The people's sin. They complained, v. 1 . They were,… Read the whole commentary →

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