1 O povo era como os que se queixam da sorte aos ouvidos de Jeová. Quando Jeová o ouviu, acendeu-se a sua ira; o fogo de Jeová ardeu entre eles, e devorou as extremidades do arraial.
2 Então o povo clamou a Moisés, e orou Moisés a Jeová, e o fogo se extinguiu.
3 O nome daquele lugar foi chamado Taberá, porque o fogo de Jeová ardeu entre eles.
4 A grande mistura de gente que estava no meio deles, ardeu em desejo; e os filhos de Israel também tornaram a chorar e disseram: Quem nos dará carne a comer?
5 Lembramo-nos do peixe, que de graça comíamos no Egito, dos pepinos, dos melões, dos porros, das cebolas e dos alhos.
6 Agora a nossa alma está seca; nenhuma coisa há! os nossos olhos não vêem senão maná.
7 Era o maná como a semente do coentro, e a sua aparência como a aparência de bdélio.
8 O povo ia por toda a parte e o colhia e, moendo-o em moinhos ou pisando-o num almofariz, o cozia em panelas e dele fazia bolos; o seu sabor era como o sabor de um manjar preparado com azeite.
9 Quando de noite caía o orvalho sobre o arraial, caía também o maná sobre ele.
10 Moisés ouviu chorar o povo nas suas famílias, cada um à porta da sua tenda. Grandemente se acendeu a ira de Jeová; e pareceu mal aos olhos de Moisés.
11 Disse, pois, Moisés a Jeová: Por que afligiste o teu servo? por que não achei eu graça aos teus olhos, uma vez que puseste sobre mim a carga de todo este povo?
12 Concebi eu, porventura, todo este povo? dei-o eu à luz, para me dizeres: Leva-os no teu seio, assim como o aio leva a criança de mama, para a terra que com juramento prometeste aos seus pais?
13 Donde teria eu carne para dar a todo este povo? pois me molestam com o seu choro, dizendo: Dá-nos carne a comer.
14 Eu só não posso levar a todo este povo, pois me é pesado demais.
15 Se tu te houveres assim comigo, mata-me duma vez se tiver achado graça aos teus olhos; e não me deixes ver a minha miséria.
16 Disse mais Jeová a Moisés: Ajunta-me setenta homens dos anciãos de Israel, que sabes serem os anciãos do povo, e seus oficiais; traze-os à entrada da tenda da revelação, para que assistam ali contigo.
17 Então descerei e ali falarei contigo; tirarei do espírito que está sobre ti, e pô-lo-ei sobre eles; e levarão contigo a carga do povo, para que tu não a leves só.
18 Dize ao povo: Santificai-vos para amanhã, e comereis carne, pois chorastes aos ouvidos de Jeová, dizendo: Quem nos dará carne a comer? Íamos bem no Egito. Jeová vos dará carne, e comereis.
19 Não comereis um dia, nem dois, nem cinco, nem dez, nem vinte;
20 porém um mês inteiro, até vos sair ela pelos narizes, e vos causar enjôo; porque rejeitastes a Jeová que está no meio de vós, e chorastes diante dele, dizendo: Porque saímos do Egito?
21 Respondeu Moisés: Este povo, no meio do qual estou, são seiscentos mil homens de pé; e todavia tu disseste: Dar-lhes-ei carne, para que a comam um mês inteiro.
22 Matar-se-ão rebanhos e gados, que lhes bastem? ou ajuntar-se-ão para eles todos os peixes do mar, que lhes bastem?
23 Tornou Jeová a Moisés: Porventura é curta a mão de Jeová? agora mesmo verás se a minha palavra se te cumprirá ou não.
24 Saiu, pois, Moisés, e referiu ao povo as palavras de Jeová; ajuntou setenta homens dos anciãos do povo, e fê-los estar ao redor da Tenda.
25 Desceu Jeová na nuvem, e falou com ele e tirou do espírito que estava sobre ele, e pô-lo sobre os setenta anciãos. Quando o espírito repousou sobre eles, profetizaram, porém nunca mais o fizeram.
26 Mas ficaram no arraial dois homens, um se chamava Eldade, e o outro Medade. Repousou sobre eles o espírito; eram do número daqueles que foram alistados, porém não tinham saído para irem à Tenda; e profetizaram no arraial.
27 Correu um moço, e o referiu a Moisés, e disse: Eldade e Medade profetizam no arraial.
28 Então Josué, filho de Num, servidor de Moisés, um dos seus homens escolhidos, respondeu e disse: Moisés, meu senhor, proibe-lho.
29 Moisés respondeu-lhe: Tens tu ciúmes por mim? quem dera que todo o povo de Jeová fossem profetas, que Jeová pusesse o seu espírito sobre eles!
30 Depois Moisés se recolheu ao arraial, ele e os anciãos de Israel.
31 Da parte de Jeová saiu um vento, que do lado do mar trouxe codornizes, e deixou-as cair junto ao arraial, quase caminho dum dia dum e outro lado, ao redor do arraial, e cerca de dois côvados de alto sobre a terra.
32 Levantou-se o povo todo aquele dia, e a noite e o outro dia, e colheram as codornizes; quem menos colheu colheu dez ômeres, e para si estenderam-nas por toda a parte ao redor do arraial.
33 Ainda a carne estava entre os dentes; antes que fosse mastigada, acendeu-se a ira de Jeová contra o povo, e feriu Jeová ao povo com uma praga mui grande.
34 Aquele lugar se ficou chamando Quibrote-Taavá, porque ali sepultaram o povo que ardeu em desejo.
35 De Quibrote-Taavá partiu o povo para Hazerote; e ali ficaram.
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.