1 GLT And when the people were complaining it was evil in the ears of Yahweh, and Yahweh heard and his nose burned, and the fire of Yahweh burned among them, and it ate at the end of the camp. BSB BSB: Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
2 GLT And the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to Yahweh and the fire sank; BSB BSB: And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.
3 GLT and the name of that place was called Taberah, for the fire of Yahweh burned among them. BSB BSB: So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.
4 GLT And the gathered rabble that was in its inner part desired a desire, and they turned back, and they wept, also the sons of Israel. And they said,“Who will let us eat meat? BSB BSB: Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
5 GLT We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic. BSB BSB: We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
6 GLT And now our life is dried up, there is not anything except for the manna in our eyes.” BSB BSB: But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
7 GLT And the manna, it was like the seed of coriander, and its eye was like the eye of bdellium. BSB BSB: Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.
8 GLT The people went around and picked up and ground with the handmill or crushed with the mortar and boiled in the pot and made it cakes, and its taste was like the taste of the delicacy of the oil, BSB BSB: The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.
9 GLT and when the dew came down on the camp at night, the manna came down on it. BSB BSB: When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
10 GLT And Moses heard the people weeping according to its clans, a man to the opening of his tent; and the nose of Yahweh burned exceedingly, and it was evil in the eyes of Moses. BSB BSB: Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased.
11 GLT And Moses said to Yahweh,“Why do you do evil to your servant? And why have I not found favor in your eyes, by putting the burden of all this people on me? BSB BSB: So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?
12 GLT Did I conceive all of this people? Did I give birth to him so that you could say to me,‘Carry him in your bosom just as the one who nourishes carries the one who sucks over the ground that you have sworn to his fathers?’ BSB BSB: Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers?
13 GLT From where is meat for me to give to all of this people? For they weep beside me, saying,‘Give to us meat and let us eat.’ BSB BSB: Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’
14 GLT I am not able by myself to carry all of this people, for they are heavier than me. BSB BSB: I cannot carry all these people by myself; it is too burdensome for me.
15 GLT And if you are going to do thus to me, please slay me quickly, if I have found favor in your eyes, and do not let me look on my evil.” BSB BSB: If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”
16 GLT And Yahweh said to Moses,“Gather for me 70 men from the elders of Israel whom you know, so that they will be elders of the people and its officers, and take them to the tent of meeting, and they shall station themselves there with you. BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.
17 GLT And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will withdraw some of the spirit that is on you and put it on them, and they will carry with you the burden of the people, and you will not carry by yourself. BSB BSB: And I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put that Spirit on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it by yourself.
18 GLT And to the people you shall say,‘Make yourselves holy for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat. For you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying,“Who will let us eat meat? For it was good for us in Egypt.” And Yahweh will give to you meat, and you will eat. BSB BSB: And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.
19 GLT You will eat not one day and not two days and not five days and not ten days and not twenty days, BSB BSB: You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days,
20 GLT until a month of days, until when it goes out from your nose. And it shall be for disgust for you, because that you rejected Yahweh who is in the midst of you, and you wept before his face, saying,“Why this— we went out from Egypt?”’” BSB BSB: but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous—because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”
21 GLT And Moses said,“The people are 600, 000 on foot who I am in the midst of, and you have said,‘I shall give to them meat and they shall eat a month of days.’ BSB BSB: But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
22 GLT Shall flock and herd be slaughtered for them and one find for them? If all the fish of the sea were gathered for them, then will one find for them?” BSB BSB: If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”
23 GLT And Yahweh said to Moses,“Is the hand of Yahweh short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not.” BSB BSB: The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”
24 GLT And Moses went out and he spoke to the people the words of Yahweh. And he gathered 70 men from the elders of the people, and he had them stand round about the tent. BSB BSB: So Moses went out and relayed to the people the words of the LORD, and he gathered seventy of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.
25 GLT And Yahweh came down in the cloud and he spoke to him, and he withdrew some of the spirit that was on him, and he put it on 70 men, the elders. And it happened when the spirit rested on them that they prophesied but did not again. BSB BSB: Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
26 GLT And two of the men were left in the camp: The name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the second was Medad. And the spirit rested on them, and they were among the written down ones, but they had not gone out to the tent; and they prophesied in the camp. BSB BSB: Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
27 GLT And the young man ran and reported to Moses, and he said,“Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” BSB BSB: A young man ran and reported to Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
28 GLT And Joshua the son of Nun, the server of Moses from his youth, responded and said,“My master Moses, restrain them.” BSB BSB: Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
29 GLT And Moses said to him,“Are you being jealous for me? And if only he would make all the people of Yahweh prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!” BSB BSB: But Moses replied, “Are you jealous on my account? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would place His Spirit on them!”
30 GLT And Moses withdrew to the camp, he and the elders of Israel. BSB BSB: Then Moses returned to the camp, along with the elders of Israel.
31 GLT And a wind set out from with Yahweh, and it brought over quail from the sea, and it left on the camp like a road of a day here and like a road of a day here, round about the camp, and like two cubits upon the face of the land. BSB BSB: Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
32 GLT And the people rose all that day and all the night and all the day of the next day, and they gathered the quail. The one who did little gathered ten homers. And they spread out for them, spreading out round about the camp. BSB BSB: All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
33 GLT The meat was still between their teeth– before it was chewed– and the nose of Yahweh burned against the people, and Yahweh struck the people an exceedingly great blow, BSB BSB: But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague.
34 GLT and he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had desired. BSB BSB: So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
35 GLT From Kibroth Hattaavah the people set out to Hazeroth. Then they were in Hazeroth. BSB BSB: From Kibroth-hattaavah the people moved on to Hazeroth, where they remained for some time.
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