Numbers 11:3
So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.
Majority Standard Bible
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 cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
Cross References
Numbers 16:35And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.
Psalms 78:21Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared 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 →