Numbers 11:3

And he called the name of that place Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 cryed vnto Moses: and when Moses praied vnto the Lord, the fire was quenched.

4And a nomber of people that was amog them, fell a lusting, and turned away, and the children of Israel also wept, and saide, Who shall giue vs flesh to eate?

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Cross References

Numbers 16:35But there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundreth and fiftie men that offred the incense.

Psalms 78:21Therefore the Lord heard and was angrie, and the fire was kindled in Iaakob, and also wrath came vpon 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 →

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