1 Queixou-se o povo de sua sorte aos ouvidos do Senhor; ouvindo-o o Senhor, acendeu-se-lhe a ira, e fogo do Senhor ardeu entre eles e consumiu extremidades do arraial. 2 Então, o povo clamou a Moisés, e, orando este ao Senhor, o fogo se apagou. 3 Pelo que chamou aquele lugar Taberá, porque o fogo do Senhor se acendera entre eles.

4 E o populacho que estava no meio deles veio a ter grande desejo das comidas dos egípcios; pelo que os filhos de Israel tornaram a chorar e também disseram: Quem nos dará carne a comer? 5 Lembramo-nos dos peixes que, no Egito, comíamos de graça; dos pepinos, dos melões, dos alhos silvestres, das cebolas e dos alhos. 6 Agora, porém, seca-se a nossa alma, e nenhuma coisa vemos senão este maná. 7 Era o maná como semente de coentro, e a sua aparência, semelhante à 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; o seu sabor era como o de bolos amassados com azeite. 9 Quando, de noite, descia o orvalho sobre o arraial, sobre este também caía o maná.

10 Então, Moisés ouviu chorar o povo por famílias, cada um à porta de sua tenda; e a ira do Senhor grandemente se acendeu, e pareceu mal aos olhos de Moisés. 11 Disse Moisés ao Senhor: Por que fizeste mal a teu servo, e por que não achei favor aos teus olhos, visto que puseste sobre mim a carga de todo este povo? 12 Concebi eu, porventura, todo este povo? Dei-o eu à luz, para que me digas: Leva-o ao teu colo, como a ama leva a criança que mama, à terra que, sob juramento, prometeste a seus pais? 13 Donde teria eu carne para dar a todo este povo? Pois chora diante de mim, dizendo: Dá-nos carne que possamos comer. 14 Eu sozinho não posso levar todo este povo, pois me é pesado demais. 15 Se assim me tratas, mata-me de uma vez, eu te peço, se tenho achado favor aos teus olhos; e não me deixes ver a minha miséria.

16 Disse o Senhor a Moisés: Ajunta-me setenta homens dos anciãos de Israel, que sabes serem anciãos e superintendentes do povo; e os trarás perante a tenda da congregação, para que assistam ali contigo. 17 Então, descerei e ali falarei contigo; tirarei do Espírito que está sobre ti e o porei sobre eles; e contigo levarão a carga do povo, para que não a leves tu somente. 18 Dize ao povo: Santificai-vos para amanhã e comereis carne; porquanto chorastes aos ouvidos do Senhor, dizendo: Quem nos dará carne a comer? Íamos bem no Egito. Pelo que o Senhor vos dará carne, e comereis. 19 Não comereis um dia, nem dois dias, nem cinco, nem dez, nem ainda vinte; 20 mas um mês inteiro, até vos sair pelos narizes, até que vos enfastieis dela, porquanto rejeitastes o Senhor, que está no meio de vós, e chorastes diante dele, dizendo: Por que saímos do Egito? 21 Respondeu Moisés: Seiscentos mil homens de pé é este povo no meio do qual estou; e tu disseste: Dar-lhes-ei carne, e a comerão um mês inteiro. 22 Matar-se-ão para eles rebanhos de ovelhas e de gado que lhes bastem? Ou se ajuntarão para eles todos os peixes do mar que lhes bastem? 23 Porém o Senhor respondeu a Moisés: Ter-se-ia encurtado a mão do Senhor? Agora mesmo, verás se se cumprirá ou não a minha palavra!

24 Saiu, pois, Moisés, e referiu ao povo as palavras do Senhor, e ajuntou setenta homens dos anciãos do povo, e os pôs ao redor 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; quando o Espírito repousou sobre eles, profetizaram; mas, depois, nunca mais. 26 Porém, no arraial, ficaram dois homens; um se chamava Eldade, e o outro, Medade. 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 Josué, filho de Num, servidor de Moisés, um dos seus escolhidos, respondeu e disse: Moisés, meu senhor, proíbe-lho. 29 Porém Moisés lhe disse: Tens tu ciúmes por mim? Tomara 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, ao seu redor, cerca de dois côvados sobre a terra. 32 Levantou-se o povo todo aquele dia, e a noite, e o outro dia e recolheu as codornizes; o que menos colheu teve dez ômeres; e as estenderam para si ao redor do arraial. 33 Estava ainda a carne entre os seus dentes, antes que fosse mastigada, quando se acendeu a ira do Senhor contra o povo, e o feriu com praga mui grande. 34 Pelo que o nome daquele lugar se chamou Quibrote-Hataavá, porquanto ali enterraram o povo que teve o desejo das comidas dos egípcios. 35 De Quibrote-Hataavá partiu o povo para Hazerote e ali ficou.

1 And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of the LORD; and when the LORD heard it, His anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.

2 And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the LORD, and the fire abated.

3 And the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.

4 And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting; and the children of Israel also wept on their part, and said: 'Would that we were given flesh to eat!

5 We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;

6 but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.'--

7 Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.

8 The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and seethed it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was as the taste of a cake baked with oil.

9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.--

10 And Moses heard the people weeping, family by family, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased.

11 And Moses said unto the LORD: 'Wherefore hast Thou dealt ill with 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 brought them forth, that Thou shouldest say unto me: Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which Thou didst swear unto their fathers?

13 Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they trouble me with their weeping, saying: Give us flesh, that we may eat.

14 I am not able to bear all this people myself 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 look upon 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 tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee.

17 And I will come down and speak 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: Would that we were given 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 a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you; because that ye have rejected the LORD who is among you, and have troubled Him with weeping, saying: Why, now, came we forth out of Egypt?'

21 And Moses said: 'The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and yet Thou hast said: I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month!

22 If flocks and herds be slain for them, will they suffice them? or if all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, will they suffice them?'

23 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? now shalt thou see 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 he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent.

25 And the LORD came down in the cloud, and spoke unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders; and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.

26 But there remained two 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 recorded, but had not gone out unto the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.

27 And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said: 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.'

28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses from his youth up, answered and said: 'My lord Moses, shut them in.'

29 And Moses said unto him: 'Art thou jealous for my sake? would that all the LORD'S people were prophets, that the LORD would put His spirit upon them!'

30 And Moses withdrew into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.

31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought across quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth.

32 And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails; he that gathered least gathered ten heaps; and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.

33 While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.

34 And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.

35 From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth.