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

One day the people complained to Yahweh about their troubles. When Yahweh heard what they were saying, he became angry. So he sent a fire which burned among the people at the edge of their camp.

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

Then the people cried out to Moses/me, and he/I prayed to Yahweh. Then the fire stopped burning.

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 they called that place Taberah, [which means ‘burning’], because the fire from Yahweh had burned among 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

Then some troublemakers from other people-groups [who were traveling] with the Israelis began to want better food. And [when they started complaining] the Israeli people also started to complain.

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

They said, “We wish we had some meat!

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

We remember the fish that we ate while we were in Egypt, fish that was given to us without (cost/asking us to pay for it). And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic [that we wanted]. But now we do not have any desire to eat, because all we have to eat is this manna!”

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

The manna resembled small white seeds.

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

[Each morning] the people would go out and gather some [from the surface of the ground]. Then they made flour by grinding it or pounding it with stones. Then they [added water and] boiled it in a pot, or they made flat cakes with it [and baked them]. The cakes tasted like bread that was baked with [olive] oil.

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

Each night the manna came down on their ground where their tents were, like dew [from the sky].

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/I heard all the Israeli people complaining as they were standing in the entrances of their tents. Yahweh became very angry, and Moses/I was also very perturbed.

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/I [went into the Sacred Tent and] asked Yahweh, “Why have you caused me, your servant, to experience this trouble [RHQ]? Act mercifully to me! What wrong have I done, with the result that you have appointed me to take care of all of these people [RHQ]?

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

(I am not their father./Am I their father?) [RHQ] Why have you told me to take care of them like a woman carries around her baby and (nurses it/gives it her milk) [MET, RHQ]? How can I take them to the land that you promised to give to our ancestors [RHQ]?

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 can I get meat to feed all these people? They keep complaining to me, saying, ‘Give 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 cannot carry all these people’s burdens by myself! [They are like a heavy load [MET], and] I cannot carry this very heavy load any more.

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 you intend to act like this toward me, kill me now. If you are really concerned about me, be kind to me and [kill me to] end my misery [of trying to take care of them]!”

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

Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Summon 70 men whom you know are leaders among the Israeli people. Tell them to stand with you in front of the Sacred Tent.

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. Then I will take some of [the power of] my Spirit that you have, and I will put [that power] on them also. They will help you to take care of some of the things that the people are concerned about, in order that you will not need to do 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

“Furthermore, say to the people, ‘Make yourselves acceptable to me, and tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were complaining, and Yahweh heard you when you were saying, “We want some meat to eat. We had better food in Egypt!” Now Yahweh will give you some meat, and you will eat it.

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

You will eat meat not only for one or two days, nor only for five or ten or 20 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 will eat meat every day] for one month, and then you will loathe/despise it, and it will cause you to want to vomit. [This will happen] because you have rejected Yahweh who is here among you, and you have wailed in his presence, saying [“We would have had better food to eat] if we had not left Egypt [RHQ].”’”

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/I replied to Yahweh, “There are 600,000 men [plus women and children] here with me, so ([why] do you say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’?/it does not seem right for you to say ‘I will give them plenty of meat every day for a month!’) [RHQ]

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 we killed all the sheep and cattle, that would not [RHQ] be enough [to provide meat for all of them] Even if we caught all the fish in the sea [and gave it to them], that would not be enough [RHQ]!”

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

But Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Do you think that I [SYN] have no power? You will now see if I can do what I say I will do.”

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

So Moses/I went out [from the Sacred Tent] and told the people what Yahweh had said. Then he/I gathered together the 70 leaders and told them to stand around the Sacred 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 Yahweh came down in the cloud [that was above the tent] and spoke to Moses/me. He took some of [the power of] the Spirit that he had given to Moses/me and gave it to the 70 leaders. By means of the power of the Spirit within them, they (prophesied/spoke messages that Yahweh gave them), but they did that only once.

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

Two of the leaders whom Moses/I appointed, Eldad and Medad, were not there when the rest of them gathered together. They had not left [their tents] to go and stand around the Sacred Tent. But Yahweh’s Spirit came on them also, and they started to (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh).

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

So a young man ran and told Moses/me, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in all their tents!”

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

Joshua, who had helped Moses/me since he was a young man, said, “Sir, tell them to stop doing that!”

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

But Moses/I replied, “(Are you worried that they might injure my reputation/Do you think that I want to be the only one who prophesies) [RHQ]? I wish that all Yahweh’s people could (prophesy/speak messages from Yahweh). I wish that Yahweh would give the power of his Spirit to all of them!”

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

Then Moses/I and all the leaders went back to their/our tents.

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

Then Yahweh sent a strong wind from the sea. It blew quail into the area all around the camp for miles in every direction, [and caused the quail to fall onto the ground]. They were piled up on the ground about (3 feet/1 meter) high!

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

So the people went out and gathered up the quail all that day, and all that night, and all of the following day. [It seemed as though] everyone gathered at least 50 bushels! They spread the quail out on the ground all around the camp, [so that the quail would dry out].

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

[Then they cooked them and started to eat them]. But while they were still eating the meat [MTY], Yahweh [showed that he] was very angry with them. He struck them with a severe plague/sickness, [and many people died].

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

The people who died and were buried were the ones who had said they wanted to eat meat [like they had formerly eaten in Egypt]. So they called that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, [which means ‘graves of those who craved’].

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

From there, the Israelis continued walking [east] until they arrived at Hazeroth [town], where they stopped and stayed [for a long time].