11:1¹ When the people complained² it displeased³ the LORD. When the LORD heard⁴ it, his anger burned,⁵ and so⁶ the fire of the LORD⁷ burnt among them, and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp. 11:2 Then the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out.⁸ 11:3 And he called the name of that place Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burned among them.⁹

11:4 Now the mixed multitude¹¹ who were among them craved more desirable foods,¹² and so the Israelites wept again,¹³ and said, “O that we had meat to eat!¹⁴ 11:5 We remember¹⁵ the fish which we used to eat¹⁶ freely¹⁷ in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic. 11:6 But now we are dried up,¹⁸ and there is nothing at all before us¹⁹ except the manna.” 11:7 Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. 11:8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it with mills, or pounded it in mortars; they baked it in pans, and made cakes of it. Its taste²⁰ was as like taste of fresh oil. 11:9 And when the dew came down²¹ upon the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.

11:10 And Moses heard the people weeping²³ throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and when the anger of Yahweh was kindled greatly; Moses was also displeased.²⁴ 11:11 And Moses said to the LORD, “Why have you afflicted²⁵ your servant? And why have I not found favor in your sight, that²⁶ you lay the burden of all this people upon me? 11:12 Did I conceive all this people?²⁷ Did I produce²⁸ them, that you should say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a foster father²⁹ bears a nursing child,’ to the land which you swore to their fathers? 11:13 From where shall I get³⁰ meat to give to all this people, for they cry to me saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’³¹ 11:14 I am not able to bear all this people alone,³² because it³³ is too heavy for me. 11:15 But if you are going to deal³⁴ with me like this, then kill me immediately.³⁵ If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble.”³⁶

11:16 And the LORD said to Moses, “Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people, and officials³⁸ over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their position there with you. 11:17 Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take part of the Spirit that is upon you, and will put it upon them, and they will bear with you some of the burden of the people with you, so that you do not bear it³⁹ by yourself.

11:18 And say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves⁴⁰ for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, for you have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat,⁴¹ for life⁴² was good for us in Egypt?” Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat. 11:19 You will eat, not just one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, 11:20 but a whole month, until it comes out your nostrils and makes you ill,⁴³ because you have despised⁴⁴ the LORD who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, “Why⁴⁵ did we ever come out of Egypt?”’”

11:21 And Moses said, “The people around me⁴⁶ are six hundred thousand on foot;⁴⁷ but you say, ‘I will give them meat,⁴⁸ that they may eat⁴⁹ for a whole month.’ 11:22 Would they have enough if the flocks and the herds were slain for them? If all the fish of the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?” 11:23 And the LORD said to Moses, “Is the LORD’s hand shortened?⁵⁰ Now you will see whether my word to you will happen⁵¹ or not.”

11:24 And Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. He then gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tabernacle. 11:25 And the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested upon them,⁵² they prophesied,⁵³ but did not do so again.⁵⁴

11:26 But two men remained in the camp; the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them. Now they were among those in the registration,⁵⁵ but had not gone to the tabernacle. So they prophesied in the camp. 11:27 And a⁵⁶ young man ran and told Moses, and he said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.” 11:28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant⁵⁷ of Moses, one of his choice young men,⁵⁸ answered and said, “My lord Moses, stop them.”⁵⁹ 11:29 And Moses said to him, “Are you envious for me?⁶⁰ Oh that⁶¹ all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit upon them!” 11:30 And Moses returned to the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

11:31 Now a wind ⁶²went forth⁶³ from the LORD, and brought quail⁶⁴ from the sea, and let them fall⁶⁵ near the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and about a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits⁶⁶ high on the surface of the ground. 11:32 And the people stayed up⁶⁷ all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quail. The one who gathered the least gathered ten homers,⁶⁸ and they spread them out⁶⁹ for themselves round about the camp. 11:33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed,⁷⁰ the wrath of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

11:34 So the name of that place was called Kibroth hattaavah,⁷¹ because there they buried the people that craved. 11:35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth hattaavah to Hazeroth, and they dwelt at Hazeroth.