1And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of Yehovah: and when Yehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Yehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp. 2And the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yehovah, and the fire abated. 3And the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of Yehovah burnt among them. 4And the mixed multitude that was among them craved exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? 5We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic: 6but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all except this manna to look on. 7And the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance as the appearance of bdellium. 8The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. 9And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it. 10And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of Yehovah was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased. 11And Moses said to Yehovah, Why have you dealt ill with your servant? and why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? 12Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that you should say to me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nursing-father carries the nursing child, to the land which you swore to their fathers? 13From where should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15And if you deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in your sight; and do not let me see my wretchedness. 16And Yehovah said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you. 17And I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you may not bear it yourself alone. 18And say to the people, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat flesh; for you have wept in the ears of Yehovah, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Yehovah will give you flesh, and you shall eat. 19You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, 20but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have rejected Yehovah who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why did we come out of Egypt? 21And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand foot soldiers; and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. 22Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23And Yehovah said to Moses, Has Yehovah’s hand grown short? now you shall see whether my word shall come to pass to you or not. 24And Moses went out, and told the people the words of Yehovah: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them around the Tent. 25And Yehovah came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders: and it happened, that, when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more. 26But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the Spirit rested on them; and they were of those who were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp. 27And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp. 28And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 29And Moses said to him, Are you jealous for my sake? would that all Yehovah’s people were prophets, that Yehovah would put his Spirit on them! 30And Moses went into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. 31And there went out a wind from Yehovah, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth. 32And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he who gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves around the camp. 33While the flesh was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yehovah was kindled against the people, and Yehovah struck the people with a very great plague. 34And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who craved. 35From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth; and they stayed at Hazeroth.