Numbers, 11

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.

1. Now the people were seeking a quarrel with Yahweh. Yahweh heard and his anger was aroused. A fire from Yahweh flared out against them and burned the outer part of the camp.

2. And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.

2. Then the people cried out to Moses and he interceded for them to Yahweh and the fire died out.

3. And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

3. They called the place Taberah, because the fire of Yahweh was inflamed against 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?

4. Now the rabble that was among them had greedy desires and even the Israelites wept and said, "Who will give us meat 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:

5. We remember the fish we ate without cost in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions and garlic.

6. But now our soul [is] dried away: [there is] nothing at all, beside this manna, [before] our eyes.

6. Now our appetite is gone; there's nothing to look at, nothing but manna."

7. And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

7. Now the manna was like coriander seed and had the appearance of bedellium.

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.

8. The people went about gathering it up and then ground it between millstones or pounded it in a mortar. They boiled it in a pot and made cakes with it which tasted like cakes made with oil.

9. And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

9. As soon as dew fell at night in the camp, the manna came with 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.

10. Moses heard the people crying, family by family at the entrance to their tent and Yahweh became very angry. This displeased Moses.

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?

11. Then Moses said to Yahweh, "Why have you treated your servant so badly? Is it because you do not love me that you burdened me with this people?

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?

12. Did I conceive all these people and did I give them birth? And now you want me to carry them in my bosom as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to 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.

13. Where would I get meat for all these people, when they cry to me saying: 'Give us meat that we may eat?'

14. I am not able to bear all this people alone, because [it is] too heavy for me.

14. I cannot, myself alone, carry all these people; the burden 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.

15. Kill me rather than treat me like this, I beg of you, if you look kindly on me, and let me not see your anger."

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.

16. Yahweh said to Moses, "Assemble seventy men from the elders of Israel whom you recognize as elders and men of authority over them and bring them to the Tent of Meeting and let them take their stand there with you.

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.

17. I shall come down to speak with you and I shall take some of the spirit that is in you and put it in them. From now on they will share with you the burden of the people so that no longer will you bear it 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.

18. You shall say to the people of Israel: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow and you shall eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing of Yahweh, saying: Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt! Yahweh will give you meat and

19. Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

19. you shall eat, not only one day, or two, or five or ten or 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?

20. but a whole month until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you. For you have rejected Yahweh who is in your midst and have wept before him saying: Why did we ever leave 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.

21. And Moses said, "The people I am with are six hundred thousand on foot and yet you say, 'I will give them meat and they shall eat it for 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?

22. Will sheep and cattle be slaughtered in sufficient number for them? All the fish of the sea would not be enough for 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.

23. And Yahweh said to Moses, "Is Yahweh's arm shortened? Now you shall see whether or not my word is true."

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.

24. Moses then went out and told the people what Yahweh had said. He assembled seventy men from among the elders and placed them round about the Tent.

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.

25. Yahweh came down in the cloud and spoke to him. He took some of the spirit that was upon him and put it on the seventy elders. Now when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But this they did not do again.

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.

26. Two men had remained in the camp; the name of one was Eldad, the name of the other Medad. However, the spirit came on them for they were among those who were registered though they had not gone out to the Tent. As they prophesied inside the camp,

27. And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

27. a young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying 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.

28. Joshua, the son of Nun, who ministered to Moses from his youth said, "My lord Moses, stop 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!

29. But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous on my behalf? Would that all Yahweh's people were prophets and that Yahweh would send his spirit upon them!"

30. And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

30. Then Moses and all the elders of the people returned to the camp.

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.

31. A wind arose, sent by Yahweh, that drove in quails from the sea and let them down beside the camp covering the distance of a day's walk on one side and almost a day's walk on the other side around the camp; they were about three feet deep on the ground.

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.

32. The people spent that day, the whole night and all the next day gathering the quail. He who gathered the least had ten homers; and they spread them out for themselves around 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.

33. The meat was still between their teeth when already the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people and he struck them with a very severe plague.

34. And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

34. That place was named Kibroth-hattaavah because there they buried these greedy people.

35. [And] the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.

35. From Kibroth-hattaavah the people moved on towards Hazeroth where they remained.