Numbers 11:3

and he calleth the name of that place Taberah, for the fire of Jehovah hath 'burned' among them.

Young's Literal Translation

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 cry unto Moses, and Moses prayeth unto Jehovah, and the fire is quenched;

4And the rabble who [are] in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, 'Who doth give us flesh?

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Cross References

Numbers 16:35and fire hath come out from Jehovah, and consumeth the two hundred and fifty men bringing near the perfume.

Psalms 78:21Therefore hath Jehovah heard, And He sheweth Himself wroth, And fire hath been kindled against Jacob, And anger also hath gone up against 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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