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.
1 人民发怨言， 恶声达到耶和华的耳中； 耶和华听见了， 就发烈怒； 耶和华的火就在他们中间焚烧， 烧毁了营地的边界。
2 人民向摩西呼求， 摩西恳求耶和华， 火就熄了，
3 就称那地方作他备拉， 因为耶和华的火曾在他们中间焚烧。
4 他们中间的闲杂人起了贪欲， 甚至连以色列人也哭着说： "谁给我们肉吃呢？
5 我们记得在埃及的时候， 可以不花钱吃鱼， 还有黄瓜、西瓜、韭菜、葱和蒜。
6 现在我们的心都枯干了； 除了这吗哪以外， 在我们眼前， 什么都没有。"
7 这吗哪仿佛芫荽子， 又好像珍珠。
8 人民走来走去， 把吗哪拾起来， 或用磨磨碎， 或用臼捣碎， 或用锅煮， 或做成饼， 它的滋味好像油饼的滋味。
9 夜间露水降在营上的时候， 吗哪也随着降下来。
10 摩西听见人民都在各人的帐棚门口哀哭， 耶和华就大发烈怒， 摩西也不高兴。
11 摩西对耶和华说： "你为什么苦待你的仆人， 为什么我没有在你面前蒙恩呢？竟把管理这人民的重担全放在我身上呢？
12 这人民岂是我怀的胎， 岂是我生的吗？你竟对我说： ‘把他们抱在怀里， 像养育之父抱吃奶的孩子， 直抱到你起誓应许给他们们列祖的地方去。’
13 我从哪里得肉给这人民吃呢？因为他们都向我哭着说： ‘你给我们肉吃吧！ ’
14 我不能独自担当管理这人民的责任， 因为实在太重了。
15 你既然这样待我， 如果我在你面前蒙恩， 求你把我杀了， 免得我看见自己的苦楚。"
16 耶和华对摩西说： "你要从以色列的长老中为我召聚七十个人， 就是你认识的民间的长老和官长， 领他们到会幕那里， 叫他们与你一同站在那里。
17 我要在那里降临， 与你说话， 也要把在你身上的灵， 分给他们， 他们就与你一同担当管理人民的责任， 免得你独自担当。
18 你要对人民说： ‘你们应当自洁， 预备明天可以吃肉， 因为你们哭着向耶和华说： "谁给我们肉吃呢？"所以耶和华必给你们肉吃。
19 你们不是吃一天两天， 不是吃五天十天， 也不是吃二十天，
20 而是吃一个整月， 直到肉从你们的鼻孔里喷出来， 成为你们厌恶的东西； 因为你们轻视了住在你们中间的耶和华， 在他面前哭着说： "我们为什么出埃及呢？"’"
21 摩西说： "这与我同住的人， 能行的男人就有六十万， 你还说： ‘我要给他们肉吃， 使他们可以吃一个整月。’
22 难道把羊群和牛群都给他们宰了， 就够他们吃吗？或是把海里所有的鱼都给他们聚了来， 就够他们吃吗？"
23 耶和华对摩西说： "耶和华的手臂缩短了吗？现在你要看看我的话应验不应验。"
24 于是摩西出来， 把耶和华的话告诉人民， 又从民间的长老中召聚了七十个人来， 使他们站在会幕的周围。
25 耶和华在云中降临， 对摩西说话， 把摩西身上的灵， 分给那七十个长老； 灵停在他们身上的时候， 他们就说预言， 以后却没有再说。
26 那时还有两个人留在营里； 一个名叫伊利达， 一个名叫米达； 灵也停在他们身上。他们原是在被录取的人中， 却没有到会幕那里去； 他们就在营里说预言。
27 有个少年人跑来， 告诉摩西： "伊利达和米达在营中说预言。"
28 摩西的侍从， 嫩的儿子约书亚， 就是摩西所拣选的， 回答说： "我主， 摩西， 请你制止他们。"
29 摩西对他说： "你为我的缘故嫉妒吗？但愿耶和华的人民都是先知， 但愿耶和华把他的灵降在他们身上。"
30 于是摩西和以色列的长老， 都回营去了。
31 有风从耶和华那里吹起， 把鹌鹑由海面刮来， 散落在营地； 鹌鹑在营的四周， 这边约有一天的路程， 那边约有一天的路程， 离地面约有一公尺。
32 人民起来， 那一天终日终夜， 并次日一整天， 都在捕捉鹌鹑， 最少的也捕捉了约二千公升； 他们都摆在营地的四周。
33 肉在他们牙齿之间， 还没有嚼烂， 耶和华的怒气就向人民发作， 用极重的灾祸击打他们。
34 于是那地方名叫基博罗．哈他瓦， 因为他们在那里埋葬起了贪欲的人。
35 人民从基博罗．哈他瓦起行， 到哈洗录去， 就住在哈洗录。