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Numbers 11:32-34
New Catholic Bible
Numbers 11:32-34
New Catholic Bible
32 The people stayed up all day, and all night, and all the next day gathering the quail. The least that any of them gathered was ten homers. They spread them out for themselves all around the camp. 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth and they were still chewing on it, the anger of the Lord arose against the people and the Lord struck the people with a horrible plague. 34 This is why that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah,[a] because they buried the people who had fallen victim to their desires there.
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- Numbers 11:34 At one time Kibroth-hattaavah certainly meant “grave of the Ta’avah” (i.e., a tribe). A different etymology, “graves of craving,” allows the sacred writer to highlight the moral significance of the incident. According to Deut 9:23, the place was near Kadesh.
