11 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. 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? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat
in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions,
and the garlick: 6 But now our soul is dried away: there
is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna was as coriander seed,
and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. 8 And the people went about, and gathered
it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans,
and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in
the night, the manna fell upon it. 10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout
their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the
LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. 11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore
hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in
thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have
I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom,
as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou
swarest unto their fathers? 13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto
all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may
eat. 14 I am not able to bear all this people
alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill
me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let
me not see my wretchedness. 16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather
unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the
elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle
of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk with thee
there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it
upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that
thou bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto the people, Sanctify
yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in
the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was
well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall
eat.
19 Ye shall
not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty
days; 20 But
even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome
unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and
have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? 21 And
Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen;
and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole
month. 22 Shall
the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall
all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And
the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? thou shalt see
now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. 24 And
Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered
the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about
the tabernacle. 25 And
the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit
that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to
pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did
not cease. 26 But
there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad,
and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and
they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle:
and they prophesied in the camp. 27 And
there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy
in the camp. 28 And
Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered
and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 29 And
Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the
LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon
them! 30 And
Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31 And
there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea,
and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side,
and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp,
and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 And
the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next
day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten
homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the
camp. 33 And
while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath
of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people
with a very great plague. 34 And
he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they
buried the people that lusted. 35 And
the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at
Hazeroth.