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Numbers 11

Numbers 11 records a rapid breakdown after Israel leaves Sinai. The people complain, fire from the LORD burns among them, and then a mixed multitude fuels intense craving for the food of Egypt. Moses becomes overwhelmed by the burden of leadership. God appoints seventy elders to share the load and provides quail in abundance, but the craving is judged with a severe plague. The chapter exposes discontent that romanticizes bondage and despises God’s provision.

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Numbers 11 records a rapid breakdown after Israel leaves Sinai. The people complain, fire from the LORD burns among them, and then a mixed multitude fuels intense craving for the food of Egypt. Moses becomes overwhelmed by the burden of leadership. God appoints seventy elders to share the load and provides quail in abundance, but the craving is judged with a severe plague. The chapter exposes discontent that romanticizes bondage and despises God’s provision.

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Verses 1–3The people complain and the fire of the LORD burnsVerses 4–15The people lust for flesh and Moses is burdenedVerses 16–23God appoints seventy elders and promises fleshVerses 24–30The Spirit rests upon the seventy eldersVerses 31–35Quails come and a plague strikes the people
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1And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and…2And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed…3And he called the name of the place Taberah: because…4And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a…5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt…6But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing…7And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour…8And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground…9And when the dew fell upon the camp in the…10Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every…11And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted…12Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them,…13Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this…14I am not able to bear all this people alone,…15And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I…16And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy…17And I will come down and talk with thee there:…18And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to…19Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor…20But even a whole month, until it come out at…21And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are…22Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them,…23And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand…24And Moses went out, and told the people the words…25And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake…26But there remained two of the men in the camp,…27And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and…28And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses,…29And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake?…30And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the…31And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and…32And the people stood up all that day, and all…33And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere…34And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because…35And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode…