Complaints about Food

Contemptible people[a] among them(A) had a strong craving(B) for other food. The Israelites cried again and said, “Who will feed us meat?

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  1. Numbers 11:4 Or The mixed multitude; Hb obscure

Quail From the Lord

The rabble with them began to crave other food,(A) and again the Israelites started wailing(B) and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

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

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  1. Numbers 11:34 = Graves of Craving

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,[a](D) because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

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  1. Numbers 11:34 Kibroth Hattaavah means graves of craving.

18 They deliberately[a] tested God,
demanding the food they craved.(A)

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  1. Psalm 78:18 Lit in their heart

18 They willfully put God to the test(A)
    by demanding the food they craved.(B)

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14 They were seized with craving in the wilderness
and tested God in the desert.(A)

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14 In the desert(A) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness(B) they put God to the test.(C)

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