1 And it came to pass that when the people murmured, it was evil in the ears of Jehovah; and Jehovah heard it, and his anger was kindled, and the fire of Jehovah burned among them, and consumed {some} in the extremity of the camp.
2 And the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Jehovah-and the fire abated.
3 And they called the name of that place Taberah; because a fire of Jehovah burned among them.
4 And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
5 We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
6 and now our soul is dried up: there is nothing at all but the manna before our eyes.
7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and its appearance as the appearance of bdellium.
8 The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it with hand-mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was as the taste of oil-cakes.
9 And when the dew fell upon the camp by night, the manna fell upon it.
10 And Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every one at the entrance of his tent; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled greatly; it was also evil in the eyes of Moses.
11 And Moses said to Jehovah, Why hast thou done evil to thy servant, and why have I not found favour in thine eyes, 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 sayest to me, Carry them in thy bosom, as the nursing-father beareth the suckling, unto the land which thou didst swear 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, for it is too heavy for me.
15 And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.
16 And Jehovah said to Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and their officers; and take them to the tent of meeting, and they shall 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, and thou shalt not bear it alone.
18 And unto the people shalt thou say, Hallow yourselves for to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who will give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt; and Jehovah will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
19 Not one day shall ye eat, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
20 {but} for a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it become loathsome unto you; because that ye have despised Jehovah who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
21 And Moses said, The people in whose midst I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou sayest, I will give them flesh that they may eat a whole month.
22 Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered for them, to suffice them?
23 And Jehovah said to Moses, Hath Jehovah's hand become short? Now shalt thou see whether my word will come to pass unto thee or not.
24 And Moses went out and told the people the words of Jehovah; and he gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tent.
25 And Jehovah came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men, the elders; and it came to pass, that when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not repeat {it}.
26 And two men remained in the camp, the name of the one, Eldad, and the name of the other, Medad; and the Spirit rested upon them (and they were among them that were written, but they had not gone out to the tent); and they prophesied in the camp.
27 And there ran a youth, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.
28 And Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them!
29 But Moses said to him, Enviest thou for my sake? would that all Jehovah's people were prophets, {and} that Jehovah 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 Jehovah, and drove quails from the sea, and cast them about the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the earth.
32 And the people rose up all that day, and the whole night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered little gathered ten homers; and they spread them abroad for themselves round about the camp.
33 The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, when the wrath of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague.
34 And they called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they buried the people who lusted.
35 From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed to Hazeroth; and they were 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。