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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And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh 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.

33 And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.

34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

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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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18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.

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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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14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.

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