The People Complain

11 Now the people became like (A)those who complain of adversity (B)in the hearing of the Lord; and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. (C)The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord and the fire [a]died out. So the name of that place was called [b](D)Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:2 Lit sank down
  2. Numbers 11:3 I.e. burning

10 and (A)the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, (B)when the fire devoured 250 men, so that they became a [a]warning.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 26:10 Lit sign