Numbers 11:1

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Fire From the Lord

11 Now the people complained^(A) about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord,^(B) and when he heard them his anger was aroused.^(C) Then fire from the Lord burned among them^(D) and consumed^(E) some of the outskirts of the camp.

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Numbers 11:4-6

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Quail From the Lord

⁴The rabble with them began to crave other food,^(A) and again the Israelites started wailing^(B) and said, “If only we had meat to eat! ⁵We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.^(C) ⁶But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!^(D)”

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Numbers 11:18

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¹⁸“Tell the people: ‘Consecrate yourselves^(A) in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The Lord heard you when you wailed,^(B) “If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!”^(C) Now the Lord will give you meat,^(D) and you will eat it.

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Numbers 11:33

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³³But while the meat was still between their teeth^(A) and before it could be consumed, the anger^(B) of the Lord burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.^(C)

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Numbers 21:4-6

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The Bronze Snake

⁴They traveled from Mount Hor^(A) along the route to the Red Sea,^[a]^(B) to go around Edom.^(C) But the people grew impatient on the way;^(D) ⁵they spoke against God^(E) and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt^(F) to die in the wilderness?^(G) There is no bread! There is no water!^(H) And we detest this miserable food!”^(I)

⁶Then the Lord sent venomous snakes^(J) among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.^(K)

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Footnotes

Numbers 21:4 Or the Sea of Reeds

Psalm 78:18-31

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¹⁸They willfully put God to the test^(A)
    by demanding the food they craved.^(B)
¹⁹They spoke against God;^(C)
    they said, “Can God really
    spread a table in the wilderness?
²⁰True, he struck the rock,
    and water gushed out,^(D)
    streams flowed abundantly,
but can he also give us bread?
    Can he supply meat^(E) for his people?”
²¹When the Lord heard them, he was furious;
    his fire broke out^(F) against Jacob,
    and his wrath rose against Israel,
²²for they did not believe in God
    or trust^(G) in his deliverance.
²³Yet he gave a command to the skies above
    and opened the doors of the heavens;^(H)
²⁴he rained down manna^(I) for the people to eat,
    he gave them the grain of heaven.
²⁵Human beings ate the bread of angels;
    he sent them all the food they could eat.
²⁶He let loose the east wind^(J) from the heavens
    and by his power made the south wind blow.
²⁷He rained meat down on them like dust,
    birds^(K) like sand on the seashore.
²⁸He made them come down inside their camp,
    all around their tents.
²⁹They ate till they were gorged—^(L)
    he had given them what they craved.
³⁰But before they turned from what they craved,
    even while the food was still in their mouths,^(M)
³¹God’s anger rose against them;
    he put to death the sturdiest^(N) among them,
    cutting down the young men of Israel.