Numbers:11:4-35
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The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly :
and the children of Israel also wept again ,
and said , "
Who will give us flesh to eat ?
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We remember the fish ,
which we ate in Egypt for nothing ;
the cucumbers ,
and the melons ,
and the leeks ,
and the onions ,
and the garlic ;
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but now we have lost our appetite .
There is nothing at all except this manna to look at ."
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The manna was like coriander seed ,
and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium .
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The people went around ,
gathered it ,
and ground it in mills ,
or beat it in mortars ,
and boiled it in pots ,
and made cakes of it .
Its taste was like the taste of fresh oil .
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When the dew fell on the camp in the night ,
the manna fell on it .
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Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families ,
every man at the door of his tent ;
and the anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly ;
and Moses was displeased .
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Moses said to Yahweh , "
Why have you treated with your servant so badly ?
Why haven '
t I found favor in your sight ,
that you lay the burden of all this people on me ?
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Have I conceived all this people ?
Have I brought them forth ,
that you should tell me , '
Carry them in your bosom ,
as a nurse carries a nursing infant ,
to the land which you swore to their fathers ?'
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Where could I get meat to give to all this people ?
For they weep to me ,
saying , '
Give us meat ,
that we may eat .'
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I am not able to bear all this people alone ,
because it is too heavy for me .
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If you treat me this way ,
please kill me right now ,
if I have found favor in your sight ;
and don '
t let me see my wretchedness ."
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Yahweh said to Moses , "
Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel ,
whom you know to be the elders of the people ,
and officers over them ;
and bring them to the Tent of Meeting ,
that they may stand there with you .
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I will come down and talk with you there .
I will take of the Spirit which is on you ,
and will put it on them ;
and they shall bear the burden of the people with you ,
that you not bear it yourself alone .
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Say to the people , '
Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow ,
and you will eat flesh ;
for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh ,
saying , "
Who will give us flesh to eat ?
For it was well with us in Egypt ."
Therefore Yahweh will give you flesh ,
and you will eat .
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You will not eat one day ,
nor two days ,
nor five days ,
neither ten days ,
nor twenty days ,
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but a whole month ,
until it come out at your nostrils ,
and it is loathsome to you ;
because that you have rejected Yahweh who is among you ,
and have wept before him ,
saying , "
Why did we come out of Egypt ?"'"
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Moses said , "
The people ,
among whom I am ,
are six hundred thousand men on foot ;
and you have said , '
I will give them flesh ,
that they may eat a whole month .'
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Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them ,
to be sufficient for them ?
Shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them ,
to be sufficient for them ?"
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Yahweh said to Moses , "
Has Yahweh '
s hand grown short ?
Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not ."
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Moses went out ,
and told the people the words of Yahweh ;
and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people ,
and set them around the Tent .
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Yahweh came down in the cloud ,
and spoke to him ,
and took of the Spirit that was on him ,
and put it on the seventy elders :
and it happened that when the Spirit rested on them ,
they prophesied ,
but they did so no more .
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But two men remained in the camp .
The name of one was Eldad ,
and the name of the other Medad :
and the Spirit rested on them ;
and they were of those who were written ,
but had not gone out to the Tent ;
and they prophesied in the camp .
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A young man ran ,
and told Moses ,
and said , "
Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp !"
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Joshua the son of Nun ,
the servant of Moses ,
one of his chosen men ,
answered , "
My lord Moses ,
forbid them !"
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Moses said to him , "
Are you jealous for my sake ?
I wish that all Yahweh '
s people were prophets ,
that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them !"
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Moses went into the camp ,
he and the elders of Israel .
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A wind from Yahweh went out and brought quails from the sea ,
and let them fall by the camp ,
about a day '
s journey on this side ,
and a day '
s journey on the other side ,
around the camp ,
and about two cubits above the surface of the earth .
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The people rose up all that day ,
and all the night ,
and all the next day ,
and gathered the quails .
He who gathered least gathered ten homers ; {
1 homer is about 220 litres or 6 bushels }
and they spread them all abroad for themselves around the camp .
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While the flesh was yet between their teeth ,
before it was chewed ,
the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people ,
and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague .
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The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah , {
Kibroth Hattaavah means "
graves of lust ."}
because there they buried the people who lusted .
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From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth ;
and they stayed at Hazeroth .
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