Numbers 11:3

Numbers 11:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them.
• New International Version (NIV)So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the Lord had burned among them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the Lord burned among them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he called the name of the place Taberah, because the fire of the Lord had burned among them.

Context of Numbers 11:3

1But the people started to complain about their problems. The Lord heard them and he became very angry. He sent fire. The Lord sent his fire to burn among them. It destroyed some parts of the camp at the edge. 2So the people asked Moses to help them. And Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire stopped. So that place was called Taberah, because the Lord's fire burned among them there. 4Some foreign people were travelling with the Israelites. Those people wanted very much to eat better food. So the Israelites wept again. They said, ‘We want meat to eat! 5We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt. We had as much as we wanted. And we remember all the nice vegetables, cucumbers, leeks, onions and garlic. And we remember the melons.

Numbers 11:3 word by word

וַיִּקְרָ֛א שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא תַּבְעֵרָ֑ה כִּֽי־בָעֲרָ֥ה בָ֖ם אֵ֥שׁ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of theהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• Taberahתַּבְעֵרָהtab‛êrâh · TaberahH8404
• because the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• burntבָּעַרbâ‛ar · to burn: burnH1197

Cross-references for Numbers 11:3

• Deuteronomy 9:22After that, you also caused the Lord to be angry with you at Taberah, at Massah and at Kibroth-Hattaavah.

Commentaries on Numbers 11:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Taberah - i. e. “burning:” not the name of a station, and accordingly not found in the list given in Numbers 11:34) to have occurred at the station called, from another still more terrible event which shortly followed, Kibroth-hattaavah.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3The people asked Moses to speak to God again on their behalf. This stopped the fire of God's judgment (compare Exodus 15:25; 32:11–14). Taberah: Compare Numbers 11:34–35; see Deuteronomy 9:22.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-351. When the people complained it displeased the Lord, &c.--Unaccustomed to the fatigues of travel and wandering into the depths of a desert, less mountainous but far more gloomy and desolate than that of Sinai, without any near prospect of the rich country that had been promised, they fell into a state of vehement discontent, which was vented at these irksome and fruitless journeyings. The displeasure of God was manifested against the ungrateful…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 11:3

• Miracles
• Murmuring
• Taberah

In the dictionaries

• Complain
• Cry
• Exodus
• Fall
• Fire
• Sinai
• Taberah
• 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