Numbers 11:3

and he calls the name of that place Taberah, for the fire of YHWH has “burned” among them.

Literal Standard Version

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 the people cry to Moses, and Moses prays to YHWH, and the fire is quenched;

4And the rabble who [are] in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, “Who gives us flesh?

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Cross References

Numbers 16:35and fire has come out from YHWH and consumes the two hundred and fifty men bringing the incense near.

Psalms 78:21Therefore YHWH has heard, || And He shows Himself angry, || And fire has been kindled against Jacob, || And anger has also gone 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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