Numbers 11:1

Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:10What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

Exodus 16:2And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 16:9Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”

Leviticus 10:2So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

Numbers 12:2“Does the LORD speak only through Moses?” they said. “Does He not also speak through us?” And the LORD heard this.

Numbers 20:2Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against 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 →

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