Numbers 11

1 and to be [the] people like/as to complain bad: evil in/on/with ear: hearing LORD and to hear: hear LORD and to be incensed face: anger his and to burn: burn in/on/with them fire LORD and to eat in/on/with end [the] camp

It wasn't long before the people started to complain about how much they were suffering. When the Lord heard what they were saying, he became angry. Fire from the Lord burned them, destroying some on the edge of the camp.

2 and to cry [the] people to(wards) Moses and to pray Moses to(wards) LORD and to sink [the] fire

The people cried to Moses for help. He prayed to the Lord and the fire subsided.

3 and to call: call by name [the] place [the] he/she/it Taberah for to burn: burn in/on/with them fire LORD

So that place was named Taberah, because the fire from the Lord burned them.

4 and [the] rabble which in/on/with entrails: among his to desire desire and to return: again and to weep also son: descendant/people Israel and to say who? to eat us flesh

A group of troublemakers among them had such intense food cravings they affected the Israelites who started crying again, asking “Who's going to get us some meat to eat?

5 to remember [obj] [the] fish which to eat in/on/with Egypt for nothing [obj] [the] cucumber and [obj] [the] melon and [obj] [the] leek and [obj] [the] onion and [obj] [the] garlic

We think back to all the fish we ate in Egypt that didn't cost us anything, as well as the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.

6 and now soul: appetite our dry nothing all lest to(wards) [the] manna eye: seeing our

We're fading away here! The only thing we ever see is this manna!”

7 and [the] manna like/as seed coriander he/she/it and eye: appearance his like/as eye: appearance [the] bdellium

Manna looked like coriander seeds, light in color like gum resin.

8 to rove [the] people and to gather and to grind in/on/with millstone or to beat in/on/with mortar and to boil in/on/with pot and to make [obj] him bun and to be taste his like/as taste juicy bit [the] oil

The people would go out and collect it, grind it up in a mill or crush it in a mortar. Then they would boil it in a pot and make it into flatbread. It tasted like pastries made with the best olive oil.

9 and in/on/with to go down [the] dew upon [the] camp night to go down [the] manna upon him

When the dew came down on the camp at night the manna would come down with it.

10 and to hear: hear Moses [obj] [the] people to weep to/for family his man: anyone to/for entrance tent his and to be incensed face: anger LORD much and in/on/with eye: appearance Moses be evil

Moses heard all the families crying at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became very angry, and Moses was also upset.

11 and to say Moses to(wards) LORD to/for what? be evil to/for servant/slave your and to/for what? not to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing your to/for to set: put [obj] burden all [the] people [the] this upon me

He asked the Lord, “Why have you made things so tough for me, your servant? Why are you so unhappy with me that you have placed on me the heavy responsibility for all these people?

12 I to conceive [obj] all [the] people [the] this if: surely no I to beget him for to say to(wards) me to lift: bear him in/on/with bosom: embrace your like/as as which to lift: bear [the] be faithful [obj] [the] to suckle upon [the] land: soil which to swear to/for father his

Are they my children? Did I give birth to them, so you could tell me, ‘Hold them close to your chest like a nurse carrying a baby’ and take them to the land you promised to give to their forefathers?

13 from where? to/for me flesh to/for to give: give to/for all [the] people [the] this for to weep upon me to/for to say to give: give [emph?] to/for us flesh and to eat

Where am I supposed to get meat for all of them? They keep on complaining to me, ‘Get us some meat to eat!’

14 not be able I to/for alone me to/for to lift: bear [obj] all [the] people [the] this for heavy from me

I can't go on carrying all these people by myself—it's just too much.

15 and if thus you(f. s.) to make: do to/for me to kill me please to kill if to find favor in/on/with eye: seeing your and not to see: see in/on/with distress: harm my

If this is the way you're going to treat me, then please just kill me now so I don't have to face how depressed I've become. Please grant me this one request.”

16 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses to gather [emph?] to/for me seventy man from old: elder Israel which to know for they(masc.) old: elder [the] people and official his and to take: bring [obj] them to(wards) tent meeting and to stand there with you

The Lord told Moses, “Bring before me seventy Israelite elders who you know are repected as leaders by the people Take them to the Tent of Meeting. They will stand there with you.

17 and to go down and to speak: speak with you there and to reserve from [the] spirit which upon you and to set: put upon them and to lift: bear with you in/on/with burden [the] people and not to lift: bear you(m. s.) to/for alone you

I will come down and talk with you there. I will take some of the Spirit you have and give it to them. They will take some of the responsibility for the people so you won't have to bear it alone.

18 and to(wards) [the] people to say to consecrate: consecate to/for tomorrow and to eat flesh for to weep in/on/with ear: hearing LORD to/for to say who? to eat us flesh for be pleasing to/for us in/on/with Egypt and to give: give LORD to/for you flesh and to eat

Tell the people: Purify yourselves, for tomorrow you'll have meat to eat, because you were complaining and the Lord heard you saying, ‘Who's going to get us some meat to eat? We were better off in Egypt!’ So the Lord is going to provide you with meat to eat.

19 not day one to eat [emph?] and not day and not five day and not ten day and not twenty day

You're going to eat it, not for just a day or two, and not for five or ten or twenty days.

20 till month day till which to come out: issue from face: nose your and to be to/for you to/for loathsome because for to reject [obj] LORD which in/on/with entrails: among your and to weep to/for face: before his to/for to say to/for what? this to come out: issue from Egypt

You're going to eat it for a whole month until it makes you vomit and it comes out through your nostrils, because you have rejected the Lord who is right here with you, complaining to him by saying, ‘Why on earth did we ever leave Egypt?’”

21 and to say Moses six hundred thousand on foot [the] people which I in/on/with entrails: among his and you(m. s.) to say flesh to give: give to/for them and to eat month day

But Moses replied, “Here I am with 600,000 people and you're telling me, ‘I'm going to give them meat and they'll eat it for a month’?

22 flock and cattle to slaughter to/for them and to find to/for them if [obj] all fish [the] sea to gather to/for them and to find to/for them

Even if all our flocks and herds were slaughtered, would that be enough for them? Even if all the fish in the sea were caught, would that be enough for them?”

23 and to say LORD to(wards) Moses hand: power LORD be short now to see: see to meet you word my if not

“Doesn't the Lord have the power to do that?” the Lord responded. “Now you're going to find out whether what I've said will happen or not!”

24 and to come out: come Moses and to speak: speak to(wards) [the] people [obj] word LORD and to gather seventy man from old: elder [the] people and to stand: put [obj] them around [the] tent

Moses went and shared with the people what the Lord said. He summoned seventy elders of the people and had them stand around the tent.

25 and to go down LORD in/on/with cloud and to speak: speak to(wards) him and to reserve from [the] spirit which upon him and to give: put upon seventy man [the] old: elder and to be like/as to rest upon them [the] spirit and to prophesy and not to add: again

Then the Lord came down and talked to him. The Lord took some of the Spirit Moses had and gave it to them. They prophesied, but this didn't ever happen again.

26 and to remain two human in/on/with camp name [the] one Eldad and name [the] second Medad and to rest upon them [the] spirit and they(masc.) in/on/with to write and not to come out: come [the] tent [to] and to prophesy in/on/with camp

However, two men named Eldad and Medad had stayed behind in the camp. The Spirit came on them too. (They had been put on the list of the seventy elders, but they hadn't gone to the tent. But they prophesied where they were in the camp anyway.)

27 and to run: run [the] youth and to tell to/for Moses and to say Eldad and Medad to prophesy in/on/with camp

A young lad ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”

28 and to answer Joshua son: child Nun to minister Moses from youth his and to say lord my Moses to restrain them

Joshua, son of Nun, who had been Moses' assistant since he was young, reacted, saying, “Moses, my lord, you have to stop them!”

29 and to say to/for him Moses be jealous you(m. s.) to/for me and who? to give: put all people LORD prophet for to give: put LORD [obj] spirit his upon them

“Are you jealous for my reputation?” Moses replied. “I wish that every one of the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would give his Spirit to all of them!”

30 and to gather Moses to(wards) [the] camp he/she/it and old: elder Israel

Then Moses went back to the camp with the elders of Israel.

31 and spirit: breath to set out from with LORD and to cut off quail from [the] sea and to leave upon [the] camp like/as way: journey day thus and like/as way: journey day thus around [the] camp and like/as cubit upon face: surface [the] land: soil

The Lord sent a wind that blew quail in from the sea and deposited them near the camp. They covered the ground to a depth of about two cubits and extended for a day's journey in every direction from the camp.

32 and to arise: rise [the] people all [the] day [the] he/she/it and all [the] night and all day [the] morrow and to gather [obj] [the] quail [the] to diminish to gather ten homer and to spread to/for them to spread around [the] camp

All through that day and night, and all through the next day, the people went on collecting the quail. Everyone collected at least ten homers, and they spread them out to dry all around the camp.

33 [the] flesh still he between tooth their before to cut: eliminate and face: anger LORD to be incensed in/on/with people and to smite LORD in/on/with people wound many much

But while the people were still biting into the meat, before they even chewed it down, the Lord showed his burning anger against them, killing some of them with a severe disease.

34 and to call: call by [obj] name [the] place [the] he/she/it Kibroth-hattaavah Kibroth-hattaavah for there to bury [obj] [the] people [the] to desire

They named that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because that was where they buried the people who had these intense food cravings.

35 from Kibroth-hattaavah Kibroth-hattaavah to set out [the] people Hazeroth and to be in/on/with Hazeroth

Then they moved on from Kibroth-hattaavah to Hazeroth, where they stayed for some time.