Numbers 11:1
It wasn't long before the people started to complain about how much they were suffering. When the Lord heard what they were saying, he became angry. Fire from the Lord burned them, destroying some on the edge of the camp.
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2The people cried to Moses for help. He prayed to the Lord and the fire subsided.
Cross References
Genesis 38:10But what he did was evil in the Lord's sight, so he also put Onan to death.
Exodus 16:2There in the desert they complained to Moses and Aaron.
Exodus 16:9Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole Israelite community, ‘Present yourselves before the Lord, because he has heard your complaints.’”
Leviticus 10:2Fire came out from the Lord's presence and burned them up. They died in the Lord's presence.
Numbers 12:2“Is it only through Moses that the Lord speaks?” they asked. “Doesn't he speak through us too?” The Lord heard all this.
Numbers 20:2However, there was no water there for anyone to drink, so the people gathered to confront Moses and 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 →