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And when the people[H5971]complained[H596], it displeased[H7451] the LORD[H3068]: and the LORD[H3068]heard[H8085] it; and his anger[H639] was kindled[H2734]; and the fire[H784] of the LORD[H3068]burnt[H1197] among them, and consumed[H398] them that were in the uttermost parts[H7097] of the camp[H4264].
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And the people[H5971]cried[H6817] unto Moses[H4872]; and when Moses[H4872]prayed[H6419] unto the LORD[H3068], the fire[H784] was quenched[H8257].
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And he called[H7121]the[H1931]name[H8034] of the[H1931]place[H4725]Taberah[H8404]: because the[H1931]fire[H784] of the[H1931]LORD[H3068]burnt[H1197] among them.
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And the mixt multitude[H628] that was among[H7130] them fell a lusting[H183]: and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] also wept[H1058]again[H7725], and said[H559], Who shall give us flesh[H1320] to eat?[H398]
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We remember[H2142] the fish[H1710], which we did eat[H398] in Egypt[H4714]freely[H2600]; the cucumbers[H7180], and the melons[H20], and the leeks[H2682], and the onions[H1211], and the garlick[H7762]:
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But now our soul[H5315] is dried away[H3002]: there is nothing at all, beside[H1115] this manna[H4478], before our eyes[H5869].
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And the manna[H4478] was as coriander[H1407]seed[H2233], and the colour[H5869] thereof as the colour[H5869] of bdellium[H916].
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And the people[H5971] went about[H7751], and gathered[H3950] it, and ground[H2912] it in mills[H7347], or beat[H1743] it in a mortar[H4085], and baked[H1310] it in pans[H6517], and made[H6213]cakes[H5692] of it: and the taste[H2940] of it was as the taste[H2940] of fresh[H3955]oil[H8081].
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And when the dew[H2919]fell[H3381] upon the camp[H4264] in the night[H3915], the manna[H4478]fell[H3381] upon it.
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Then Moses[H4872]heard[H8085] the people[H5971]weep[H1058] throughout their families[H4940], every man[H376] in the door[H6607] of his tent[H168]: and the anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068] was kindled[H2734]greatly[H3966]; Moses[H4872] also was displeased[H7489].
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And Moses[H4872]said[H559] unto the LORD[H3068], Wherefore hast thou afflicted[H7489] thy servant?[H5650] and wherefore have I not found[H4672]favour[H2580] in thy sight[H5869], that thou layest[H7760] the burden[H4853] of all this people[H5971] upon me?
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Have I conceived[H2029] all this people?[H5971] have I begotten[H3205] them, that thou shouldest say[H559] unto me, Carry[H5375] them in thy bosom[H2436], as a nursing father[H539]beareth[H5375] the sucking child[H3243], unto the land[H127] which thou swarest[H7650] unto their fathers?[H1]
13Whence[H370] should I have flesh[H1320] to give[H5414] unto all this people?[H5971] for they weep[H1058] unto me, saying[H559], Give[H5414] us flesh[H1320], that we may eat[H398].
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I am not able[H3201] to bear[H5375] all this people[H5971]alone[H905], because it is too heavy[H3515] for me.
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And if thou deal[H6213] thus with me, kill[H2026] me, I pray thee, out of hand[H2026], if I have found[H4672]favour[H2580] in thy sight[H5869]; and let me not see[H7200] my wretchedness[H7451].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], Gather[H622] unto me seventy[H7657]men[H376] of the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478], whom thou knowest[H3045] to be the elders[H2205] of the people[H5971], and officers[H7860] over them; and bring[H3947] them unto the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], that they may stand[H3320] there with thee.
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And I will come down[H3381] and talk[H1696] with thee there: and I will take[H680] of the spirit[H7307] which is upon thee, and will put[H7760] it upon them; and they shall bear[H5375] the burden[H4853] of the people[H5971] with thee, that thou bear[H5375] it not thyself alone.
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And say[H559] thou unto the people[H5971], Sanctify[H6942] yourselves against to morrow[H4279], and ye shall eat[H398]flesh[H1320]: for ye have wept[H1058] in the ears[H241] of the LORD[H3068], saying[H559], Who shall give[H5414] us flesh[H1320] to eat?[H398] for it was well[H2895] with us in Egypt[H4714]: therefore the LORD[H3068] will give[H5414] you flesh[H1320], and ye shall eat[H398].
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Ye shall not eat[H398]one[H259]day[H3117], nor two days[H3117], nor five[H2568]days[H3117], neither ten[H6235]days[H3117], nor twenty[H6242]days[H3117];
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But even a whole month[H2320], until it come out[H3318] at your nostrils[H639], and it be loathsome[H2214] unto you: because[H3282] that ye have despised[H3988] the LORD[H3068] which is among[H7130] you, and have wept[H1058]before[H6440] him, saying[H559], Why came we forth[H3318]out[H3318] of Egypt?[H4714]
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And Moses[H4872]said[H559], The people[H5971], among[H7130] whom I am, are six[H8337]hundred[H3967]thousand[H505]footmen[H7273]; and thou hast said[H559], I will give[H5414] them flesh[H1320], that they may eat[H398] a whole[H3117]month[H2320].
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Shall the flocks[H6629] and the herds[H1241] be slain[H7819] for them, to suffice[H4672] them? or shall all the fish[H1709] of the sea[H3220] be gathered together[H622] for them, to suffice[H4672] them?
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Moses[H4872], Is the LORD[H3068]'S hand[H3027] waxed short?[H7114] thou shalt see[H7200] now whether my word[H1697] shall come to pass[H7136] unto thee or not.
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And Moses[H4872] went out[H3318], and told[H1696] the people[H5971] the words[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], and gathered[H622] the seventy[H7657]men[H376] of the elders[H2205] of the people[H5971], and set[H5975] them round about[H5439] the tabernacle[H168].
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And the LORD[H3068] came down[H3381] in a cloud[H6051], and spake[H1696] unto him, and took[H680] of the spirit[H7307] that was upon him, and gave[H5414] it unto the seventy[H7657]elders[H2205]: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit[H7307]rested[H5117] upon them, they prophesied[H5012], and did not cease[H3254].
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But there remained[H7604]two[H8147] of the men[H582] in the camp[H4264], the name[H8034] of the one[H259] was Eldad[H419], and the name[H8034] of the other[H8145]Medad[H4312]: and the spirit[H7307]rested[H5117] upon them; and they were of them that were written[H3789], but went not out[H3318] unto the tabernacle[H168]: and they prophesied[H5012] in the camp[H4264].
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And there ran[H7323] a young man[H5288], and told[H5046]Moses[H4872], and said[H559], Eldad[H419] and Medad[H4312] do prophesy[H5012] in the camp[H4264].
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And Joshua[H3091] the son[H1121] of Nun[H5126], the servant[H8334] of Moses[H4872], one of his young men[H979], answered[H6030] and said[H559], My lord[H113]Moses[H4872], forbid[H3607] them.
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And Moses[H4872]said[H559] unto him, Enviest[H7065] thou for my sake? would God that all the[H5414]LORD[H3068]'S people[H5971] were prophets[H5030], and that the[H5414]LORD[H3068] would put[H5414] his spirit[H7307] upon them!
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And Moses[H4872]gat[H622] him into the camp[H4264], he and the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478].
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And there went forth[H5265] a wind[H7307] from the LORD[H3068], and brought[H1468]quails[H7958] from the sea[H3220], and let them fall[H5203] by the camp[H4264], as it were a day's journey[H1870] on this side[H3541], and as it were a day's journey[H1870] on the other side[H3541], round about[H5439] the camp[H4264], and as it were two cubits[H520] high upon the face[H6440] of the earth[H776].
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And the people[H5971] stood up[H6965] all that day[H3117], and all that night[H3915], and all the next[H4283]day[H3117], and they gathered[H622] the quails[H7958]: he that gathered[H622]least[H4591]gathered[H622]ten[H6235]homers[H2563]: and they spread[H7849] them all abroad[H7849] for themselves round about[H5439] the camp[H4264].
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And while the flesh[H1320] was yet[H2962] between their teeth[H8127], ere it was chewed[H3772], the wrath[H639] of the LORD[H3068] was kindled[H2734] against the people[H5971], and the LORD[H3068]smote[H5221] the people[H5971] with a very[H3966]great[H7227]plague[H4347].
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And he called[H7121] the name[H8034] of that place[H4725]Kibrothhattaavah[H6914]: because there they buried[H6912] the people[H5971] that lusted[H183].
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And the people[H5971]journeyed[H5265] from Kibrothhattaavah[H6914] unto Hazeroth[H2698]; and abode at Hazeroth[H2698].