Numbers 11:3
And Mosheh called the name of that place Enkindlement; because the fire had been kindled against them from before the Lord.
Targum Onkelos
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 unto Mosheh, and Mosheh prayed before the Lord, and the fire was subdued.
Cross References
Numbers 16:35And fire came out from before the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who had offered the sweet incense.
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 →