Numbers 11:34

And the shem of that place was called Kivrot-Hata'avah (graves of greed) because there they buried the people that lusted.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

In Context

33And while the basar was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of Hashem was kindled against the people, and Hashem struck down the people with a makkah rabbah me'od (a very great plague).

35And the people set out from Kivrot-Hata'avah unto Chatzerot; and abode at Chatzerot.

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Cross References

Numbers 33:16And they set out from the Midbar Sinai, and encamped at Kivrot-Hata'avah.

1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things occurred as moftim (examples) for us, in order that we would not crave what is ra'ah as they did. + 10:6 Num 11:4,34; Ps 106:14

Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:32-35

The Quails. ( b. c. 1490.) 31 And there went forth a wind from the Lord , and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round… Read the whole commentary →

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