Numbers 11:3

וַיִּקְרָא שֵֽׁם ־ הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא תַּבְעֵרָה כִּֽי ־ בָעֲרָה בָם אֵשׁ יְהוָֽה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2וַיִּצְעַק הָעָם אֶל ־ מֹשֶׁה וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל מֹשֶׁה אֶל ־ יְהוָה וַתִּשְׁקַע הָאֵֽשׁ ׃

4וְהָֽאסַפְסֻף אֲשֶׁר בְּקִרְבּוֹ הִתְאַוּוּ תַּאֲוָה וַיָּשֻׁבוּ וַיִּבְכּוּ גַּם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמְרוּ מִי יַאֲכִלֵנוּ בָּשָֽׂר ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 16:35וְאֵשׁ יָצְאָה מֵאֵת יְהוָה וַתֹּאכַל אֵת הַחֲמִשִּׁים וּמָאתַיִם אִישׁ מַקְרִיבֵי הַקְּטֹֽרֶת ׃ פ

Psalms 78:21לָכֵן ׀ שָׁמַע יְהוָה וַֽיִּתְעַבָּר וְאֵשׁ נִשְּׂקָה בְיַעֲקֹב וְגַם ־ אַף עָלָה בְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃

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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