1 E aconteceu que, queixando-se o povo, era mal aos ouvidos do Senhor; porque o Senhor ouviu-o, e a sua ira se acendeu, e o fogo do Senhor ardeu entre eles e consumiu os que estavam na última parte do arraial. 2 Então, o povo clamou a Moisés, e Moisés orou ao Senhor, e o fogo se apagou. 3 Pelo que chamou aquele lugar Taberá, porquanto o fogo do Senhor se acendera entre eles.

4 E o vulgo, que estava no meio deles, veio a ter grande desejo; pelo que os filhos de Israel tornaram a chorar e disseram: Quem nos dará carne a comer? 5 Lembramo-nos dos peixes que, no Egito, comíamos de graça; e dos pepinos, e dos melões, e dos porros, e das cebolas, e dos alhos. 6 Mas agora a nossa alma se seca; coisa nenhuma há senão este maná diante dos nossos olhos. 7 E era o maná como semente de coentro, e a sua cor como a cor de bdélio. 8 Espalhava-se o povo, e o colhia, e em moinhos o moía, ou num gral o pisava, e em panelas o cozia, e dele fazia bolos; e o seu sabor era como o sabor de azeite fresco. 9 E, quando o orvalho descia, de noite, sobre o arraial, o maná descia sobre ele.

10 Então, Moisés ouviu chorar o povo pelas suas famílias, cada qual à porta da sua tenda; e a ira do Senhor grandemente se acendeu, e pareceu mal aos olhos de Moisés.

11 E disse Moisés ao Senhor: Por que fizeste mal a teu servo, e por que não achei graça aos teus olhos, que pusesses sobre mim a carga de todo este povo? 12 Concebi eu, porventura, todo este povo? Gerei-o eu para que me dissesses que o levasse ao colo, como o aio leva o que cria, à terra que juraste a seus pais? 13 Donde teria eu carne para dar a todo este povo? Porquanto contra mim choram, dizendo: Dá-nos carne a comer; 14 eu sozinho não posso levar a todo este povo, porque muito pesado é para mim. 15 E, se assim fazes comigo, mata-me, eu to peço, se tenho achado graça aos teus olhos; e não me deixes ver o meu mal.

16 E disse o Senhor a Moisés: Ajunta-me setenta homens dos anciãos de Israel, de quem sabes que são anciãos do povo e seus oficiais; e os trarás perante a tenda da congregação, e ali se porão contigo. 17 Então, eu descerei, e ali falarei contigo, e tirarei do Espírito que está sobre ti, e o porei sobre eles; e contigo levarão a carga do povo, para que tu sozinho o não leves. 18 E dirás ao povo: Santificai-vos para amanhã e comereis carne; porquanto chorastes aos ouvidos do Senhor, dizendo: Quem nos dará carne a comer, pois bem nos ia no Egito? Pelo que o Senhor vos dará carne, e comereis; 19 não comereis um dia, nem dois dias, nem cinco dias, nem dez dias, nem vinte dias; 20 mas um mês inteiro, até vos sair pelos narizes, até que vos enfastieis dela, porquanto rejeitastes ao Senhor, que está no meio de vós, e chorastes diante dele, dizendo: Por que saímos do Egito? 21 E disse Moisés: Seiscentos mil homens de pé é este povo, no meio do qual estou; e tu tens dito: Dar-lhes-ei carne, e comerão um mês inteiro. 22 Degolar-se-ão para eles ovelhas e vacas que lhes bastem? Ou ajuntar-se-ão para eles todos os peixes do mar que lhes bastem? 23 Porém o Senhor disse a Moisés: Seria, pois, encurtada a mão do Senhor? Agora verás se a minha palavra te acontecerá ou não.

24 E saiu Moisés, e falou as palavras do Senhor ao povo, e ajuntou setenta homens dos anciãos do povo e os pôs em roda da tenda. 25 Então, o Senhor desceu na nuvem e lhe falou; e, tirando do Espírito que estava sobre ele, o pôs sobre aqueles setenta anciãos; e aconteceu que, quando o Espírito repousou sobre eles, profetizaram; mas, depois, nunca mais. 26 Porém no arraial ficaram dois homens; o nome de um era Eldade, e o nome do outro, Medade; e repousou sobre eles o Espírito (porquanto estavam entre os inscritos, ainda que não saíram à tenda), e profetizavam no arraial. 27 Então, correu um moço, e o anunciou a Moisés, e disse: Eldade e Medade profetizam no arraial. 28 E Josué, filho de Num, servidor de Moisés, um dos seus jovens escolhidos, respondeu e disse: Senhor meu, Moisés, proíbe-lho. 29 Porém Moisés lhe disse: Tens tu ciúmes por mim? Tomara que todo o povo do Senhor fosse profeta, que o Senhor lhes desse o seu Espírito! 30 Depois, Moisés se recolheu ao arraial, ele e os anciãos de Israel.

31 Então, soprou um vento do Senhor, e trouxe codornizes do mar, e as espalhou pelo arraial quase caminho de um dia de uma banda, e quase caminho de um dia da outra banda, à roda do arraial, e a quase dois côvados sobre a terra. 32 Então, o povo se levantou todo aquele dia, e toda aquela noite, e todo o dia seguinte, e colheram as codornizes; o que menos tinha, colhera dez ômeres; e as estenderam para si ao redor do arraial. 33 Quando a carne estava entre os seus dentes, antes que fosse mastigada, se acendeu a ira do Senhor contra o povo, e feriu o Senhor o povo com uma praga muito grande. 34 Pelo que o nome daquele lugar se chamou Quibrote-Hataavá, porquanto ali enterraram o povo que teve o desejo. 35 De Quibrote-Hataavá caminhou o povo para Hazerote e parou em Hazerote.

1 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. 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

4 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? 5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: 6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. 8 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. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.

10 Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. 11 And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? 12 Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? 13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. 14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. 15 And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

16 And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto 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 unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. 17 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 bear it not thyself alone. 18 And say thou unto 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. 19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; 20 But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? 21 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. 22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? 23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

24 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 round about the tabernacle. 25 And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. 26 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 written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. 27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. 28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. 29 And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD’s people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them! 30 And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

31 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, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. 32 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 round about the camp. 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 Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. 35 And the people journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.