32 The people were up all that day and night and all the next day gathering the quail—the one who took the least gathered sixty bushels[a]—and they spread them out all around the camp.[b](A)

33 While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the Lord’s anger burned(B) against the people, and the Lord struck them with a very severe plague.(C) 34 So they named that place Kibroth-hattaavah,[c] because there they buried the people who had craved the meat.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:32 Lit 10 homers
  2. 11:32 To dry or cure the meat; 2Sm 17:19; Ezk 26:5,14
  3. 11:34 = Graves of Craving

32 All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers.[a] Then they spread them out all around the camp. 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth(A) and before it could be consumed, the anger(B) of the Lord burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.(C) 34 Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah,[b](D) because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:32 That is, possibly about 1 3/4 tons or about 1.6 metric tons
  2. Numbers 11:34 Kibroth Hattaavah means graves of craving.