Numbers 11:4
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
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3And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
Cross References
Exodus 16:3And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for all of you have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Leviticus 24:10And the son of an Israelites woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelites woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
Numbers 14:1And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
Nehemiah 13:3Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
Psalms 78:20Behold, he stroke the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Romans 13:14But put all of you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
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 →