{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/wbt/numbers/11","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-20T05:56:47.674Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","book":"Numbers","bookSlug":"numbers","chapter":11,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":10,"nextChapter":12,"totalChapters":36,"totalVerses":35},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD; and the LORD heard it: and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And the people cried to Moses; and when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And he called the name of the place Taberah; because the fire of the LORD burnt among them."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And the mixed multitude that was among them fell to lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"We remember the fish which we ate in Egypt freely: the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all, besides this manna, before our eyes."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the manna was as coriander-seed, and the color of it as the color of bdellium."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the people went about, and gathered it and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Then Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly: Moses also was displeased."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And Moses said to the LORD, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant? and why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say to me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father beareth the sucking child, to the land which thou sworest to their fathers?"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Whence should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And if thou dealest thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And the LORD said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou mayest not bear it thyself alone."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And say thou to the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"But even a whole month, until it shall come out at your nostrils, and it be lothsome to you; because ye have despised the LORD who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And Moses said, The people among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice for them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered for them, to suffice for them?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD'S hand shortened? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass to thee, or not."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them around the tabernacle."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it to the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that when the spirit rested upon them; they prophesied, and did not cease."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them, and they were of them that were described, but went not out to the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord, Moses, forbid them."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And Moses said to him, Enviest thou for my sake? I would that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And Moses withdrew into the camp, he and the elders of Israel."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves around the camp."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted."},{"verseNumber":35,"text":"And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah to Hazeroth: and abode at Hazeroth."}],"citation":{"inline":"Numbers 11 (WBT)","markdown":"[Numbers 11](https://primebible.com/wbt/numbers/11)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/numbers/11 (accessed 2026-06-20)."}}