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Numbers 11:2
2When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the Lord and the fire died down.
Numbers 11:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire was quenched.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire died down.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then the people cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the Lord, the fire was quenched.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then the people screamed to Moses for help, and when he prayed to the Lord, the fire stopped.
Context of Numbers 11:2
1Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the Lord, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the Lord and the fire died down. 3So that place was called Taberah, because fire from the Lord had burned among them. 4The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat!
Read all of Numbers 11Numbers 11:2 word by word
וַיִּצְעַ֥ק הָעָ֖ם אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה וַתִּשְׁקַ֖ע הָאֵֽשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 11:2
- Numbers 21:7The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
- Psalms 78:34Whenever God slew them, they would seek him; they eagerly turned to him again.
- Jeremiah 37:3King Zedekiah, however, sent Jehukal son of Shelemiah with the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah the prophet with this message: “Please pray to the Lord our God for us.”
- Jeremiah 42:2Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “Please hear our petition and pray to the Lord your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left.
- Acts 8:24Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
- Numbers 14:13Moses said to the Lord, “Then the Egyptians will hear about it! By your power you brought these people up from among them.
- Genesis 18:23Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
- Exodus 32:10Now leave me alone so that my anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them. Then I will make you into a great nation.”
- Deuteronomy 9:19I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the Lord listened to me.
- Psalms 106:23So he said he would destroy them— had not Moses, his chosen one, stood in the breach before him to keep his wrath from destroying them.
- Isaiah 37:4It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives.”
- Jeremiah 15:1Then the Lord said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before me, my heart would not go out to this people. Send them away from my presence! Let them go!
- Amos 7:2When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, “Sovereign Lord, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”
- James 5:16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.
- 1 John 5:16If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that.
- Numbers 16:45“Get away from this assembly so I can put an end to them at once.” And they fell facedown.
Commentaries on Numbers 11:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The fire was quenched - Was sunk, or swallowed up, as in the margin. The plague, of whatever sort, ceased to act, and the people had respite.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
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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
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