Numbers 11:33

Numbers 11:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the Lord burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.
• English Standard Version (ESV)While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck down the people with a very great plague.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was aroused against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very great plague.

Context of Numbers 11:33

31Now there went forth a wind from the Lord and it brought quails from the sea, and let them fall [so they flew low] beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and on the other side, all around the camp, about two cubits (three feet) deep on the surface of the ground. 32The people spent all that day and all night and all the next day and caught and gathered the quail (the one who gathered least gathered ten homers) and they spread them out for themselves around the camp [to cure them by drying]. While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord struck them with a very severe plague. 34So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah (the graves of greediness), because there they buried the people who had been greedy [for more than the manna that God provided them]. 35From Kibroth-hattaavah the people set out for Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth.

Numbers 11:33 word by word

הַבָּשָׂ֗ר עוֹדֶ֙נּוּ֙ בֵּ֣ין שִׁנֵּיהֶ֔ם טֶ֖רֶם יִכָּרֵ֑ת וְאַ֤ף יְהוָה֙ חָרָ֣ה בָעָ֔ם וַיַּ֤ךְ יְהוָה֙ בָּעָ֔ם מַכָּ֖ה רַבָּ֥ה מְאֹֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And while the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• yetטֶ֫רֶםţerem · beforeH2962
• between their teethשֵׁןshên · toothH8127
• ere it was chewedכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• the wrathאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• was kindledחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734
• against the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• with a veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• greatרַבrab · manyH7227
• plagueמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347

Cross-references for Numbers 11:33

• Psalms 78:30Before they had satisfied their desire, And while their food was in their mouths,
• Psalms 106:14But lusted intensely in the wilderness And tempted God [with their insistent desires] in the desert.
• Numbers 16:49But those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died because of Korah.
• Numbers 25:9Nevertheless, those [Israelites] who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
• Deuteronomy 28:27“The Lord will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and the itch that you cannot heal.

Commentaries on Numbers 11:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33The wrath of the Lord was kindled - In what way, and with what effects, we cannot precisely determine. Some heavy judgment fell upon those murmurers and complainers, but of what kind the sacred writer says nothing.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-35Verses 4-35 Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah. Numbers 11:4 The mixt multitude - The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff,” and denotes a mob of people scraped together. It refers here to the multitude of strangers (see Exodus 12:38) who had followed the Israelites from Egypt. Numbers 11:5 The natural dainties of Egypt are set forth in this passage with the fullness and relish which bespeak personal experience. Numbers 11:6-7 There is nothing at…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-35Verses 31-35 God performed his promise to the people, in giving them flesh. How much more diligent men are in collecting the meat that perishes, than in labouring for meat which endures to everlasting life! We are quick-sighted in the affairs of time; but stupidity blinds us as to the concerns of eternity. To pursue worldly advantages, we need no arguments; but when we are to secure the true riches, then we are all forgetfulness. Those who are under the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 31-35God answered the people's complaints by sending a storm of quail and a plague. God had given quail with manna in Exodus 16:13. But here the quail showed God's judgment through an excessive abundance.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 31-3531-35. There went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, &c.--These migratory birds (see on Ex 16:13) were on their journey from Egypt, when "the wind from the Lord," an east wind (Psa 78:26) forcing them to change their course, wafted them over the Red Sea to the camp of Israel. let them fall a day's journey--If the journey of an individual is meant, this space might be thirty miles; if the inspired historian referred to the whole…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 11:33

• Anger
• Blessing
• Gluttony
• Happiness
• Judgments
• Kibroth-Hattaavah
• Murmuring
• Plague
• Prayer
• Sanitation
• Trouble
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Complain
• Cry
• Exodus
• Fall
• Murmuring
• Plague
• Sinai
• Talk
• Weep
• Agrapha

Commentaries on Numbers 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings