Numbers 11:34

Numbers 11:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he called the name of that place Kibroth–hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
• New International Version (NIV)Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving.

Context of Numbers 11:34

32And the people spent all that day, all night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quail (the one who gathered least gathered ten homers) and spread them out for themselves all around the camp. 33While 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 the people with a very severe plague. So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy. 35From Kibroth-hattaavah the people set out for Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth.

Numbers 11:34 word by word

וַיִּקְרָ֛א אֶת־שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא קִבְר֣וֹת הַֽתַּאֲוָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁם֙ קָֽבְר֔וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם הַמִּתְאַוִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

• So that placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• was namedקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call byH7121
• was namedשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Kibroth-hattaavahקִבְרוֹת הַתַּאֲוָהqibrôth hatta'ăvâh · Kibroth-hattaavahH6914
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• thereשָׁםshâm · thereH8033
• they buriedקָבַרqâbar · to buryH6912
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• who had beenאָוָה'âvâh · to desireH183

Cross-references for Numbers 11:34

• Numbers 33:16They journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
• Deuteronomy 9:22“Then at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah you kept provoking the Lord to anger.
• 1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they indeed craved them.

Commentaries on Numbers 11:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Kibroth-hattaavah - The graves of lust; and thus their scandalous crime was perpetuated by the name of the place. 1. St. Jude speaks of persons who were murmurers and complainers, walking after their own lusts, Judges 1:16, and seems to have this people particularly in view, whom the sacred text calls , complainers of their lot. They could never be satisfied; even God himself could not please them, because they were ever preferring their own wisdom to…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. 34-35The exact locations of Kibroth-hattaavah and Hazeroth are unknown.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 11:34

• Judgments
• Kibroth-Hattaavah
• Prayer
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• Kibroth-Hattaavah
• Complain
• Cry
• Exodus
• Fall
• Kibrothhattaavah
• Murmuring
• Sinai
• Talk
• Weep

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