Numbers 11:3

So they called that place Taberah, which means ‘burning’, because the fire from Yahweh had burned among them.

Translation for Translators

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

2Then the people cried out to Moses/me, and he/I prayed to Yahweh. Then the fire stopped burning.

4Then some troublemakers from other people-groups who were traveling with the Israelis began to want better food. And when they started complaining the Israeli people also started to complain.

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Cross References

Numbers 16:35And then a fire from Yahweh came down from the sky and burned up the 250 men who were burning the incense!

Psalms 78:21So, when Yahweh heard that, he became very angry, and he sent a fire to burn up some of his Israeli people. [MTY, DOU]

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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