Numbers 11:2
And the people cried to Moses: and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was quenched.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 10:18And Moses went forth from Pharao, and prayed to God.
Exodus 32:31And Moses returned to the Lord and said, I pray, O Lord, this people has sinned a great sin, and they have made for themselves golden gods.
Numbers 14:13And Moses said to the Lord, So Egypt shall hear, for thou hast brought up this people from them by thy might.
Numbers 21:7And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray therefore to the Lord, and let him take away the serpent from us.
Isaiah 37:4May the Lord thy God hear the words of Rabsaces, which the king of the Assyrians has sent, to reproach the living God, even to reproach with the words which the Lord thy God has heard: therefore thou shalt pray to thy Lord for these that are left.
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 →