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Numbers 11:34
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So the name of the place was called, Kibroth-hattaauah: for there they buried the people that fell a lusting.
And he called the name of that place Kabrey di Rigta (the graves of craving); because it was there that they buried the people who craved meat.
The name of that place was called Kivrot-Hatta'avah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
So the people named that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried those who had the strong desire for meat.
Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving.
And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they put in the earth the bodies of the people who had given way to their desires.
After they had buried the people who had been so greedy for meat, they called the place "Graves for the Greedy."
Therefore that place was named Kivrot-HaTa'avah [graves of greed], because there they buried the people who were so greedy.
And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
And he called the name of that place, Kibroth-Hattaauah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
So 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].
And the name of that place was called the Graves of Lust; for there they buried the people that lusted.
And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
And he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah because they buried the people that were greedy.
And one called the name of that place, The Graves of Lust; for there they buried the people who lusted.
So the people named that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried those who wanted other food.
So the name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that craved different food.
So he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, [fn] because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving.
So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means "graves of gluttony") because there they buried the people who had craved meat from Egypt.
So the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah. Because there they buried the people who had wanted meat to eat.
And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah - because there, they buried the people who had lusted,
And that place was called, The graves of lust: for there they buried the people that had lusted.
Therefore the name of that place was called Kib'roth-hatta'avah, because there they buried the people who had the craving.
That place was named Kibroth Hattaavah (which means "Graves of Craving"), because there they buried the people who had craved meat.
And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
And they called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they buried the people who lusted.
And thilke place was clepid The sepulcris of coueitise, for there thei birieden the puple that desiride fleischis.
and [one] calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.
The name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
And the name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
And he called the name of the place, The graues of lust: because the buried the people that lusted there.
So they named that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved the meat.
Therfore is the same place called the graues of lust, because the voluptuous people were buried there.
So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had the craving.
So the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy.
So the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah because there they buried the people who had been greedy.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Kibrothhattaavah: that is, the graves of lust, Numbers 33:16, Deuteronomy 9:22, 1 Corinthians 10:6
Reciprocal: Numbers 20:3 - when Deuteronomy 12:20 - I will Psalms 78:30 - But Psalms 99:8 - though Psalms 106:14 - But Psalms 107:17 - because Ezekiel 39:11 - Hamongog 1 John 2:16 - the lust of the flesh Revelation 18:14 - thy soul
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah,.... That is, Moses called it so, or it was called by the children of Israel, and by others in later times, by this name, which signifies "the graves of lust"; dug by lust, or which lust was the cause and occasion of, and where those that indulged it were buried, as follows:
because there they buried the people that lusted; not all that lusted, for the lusting was pretty general; but all that died through their gluttony and intemperance, and the judgment of God on them; or who were the most inordinate in their lust, and encouraged others in it, and were the ringleaders in the murmur and mutiny.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 all ... - literally, “Nought at all have we except that our eyes are unto this manna;” i. e. “Nought else have we to expect beside this manna.” On the manna see Exodus 16:15 note; on bdellium see Genesis 2:12 note.
Numbers 11:10
The weeping was general; every family wept (compare Zechariah 12:12), and in a manner public and unconcealed.
Numbers 11:11-15
The complaint and remonstrance of Moses may be compared with that in 1 Kings 19:4 ff; Jonah 4:1-3, and contrasted with the language of Abraham (Genesis 18:23 ff) The meekness of Moses (compare Numbers 12:3) sank under vexation into despair. His language shows us how imperfect and prone to degeneracy are the best saints on earth.
Numbers 11:16
Seventy men of the elders of Israel - Seventy elders had also gone up with Moses to the Lord in the mount Exodus 24:1, Exodus 24:9. Seventy is accordingly the number of colleagues assigned to Moses to share his burden with him. To it, the Jews trace the origin of the Sanhedrim. Subsequent notices Numbers 16:25; Joshua 7:6; Joshua 8:10, Joshua 8:33; Joshua 9:11; Joshua 23:2; Joshua 24:1, Joshua 24:31 so connect the elders with the government of Israel as to point to the fact that the appointment now made was not a merely temporary one, though it would seem to have soon fallen into desuetude. We find no traces of it in the days of the Judges and the Kings.
Elders of the people, and officers over them - In English idiom, “elders and officers of the people.” Both elders and officers appear in Egypt (Exodus 3:16; Exodus 5:6 ff): the former had headed the nation in its efforts after freedom; the latter were the subordinate, though unwilling, agents of Egyptian tyranny. The two classes no doubt were working together; and from those who belonged to either, perhaps from those who were both eiders and officers, the council of Seventy was to be selected.
Numbers 11:17
I will take of the spirit which is upon thee - Render rather separate from the spirit, etc.; i. e. they shall have their portion in the same divine gift which thou hast.
Numbers 11:25
They prophesied - i. e. under the extraordinary impulse of the Holy Spirit they uttered forth the praises of God, or declared His will. Compare the marginal references.
And did not cease - Rather, and added not, i. e. they prophesied at this time only and not afterward. The sign was granted on the occasion of their appointment to accredit them in their office; it was not continued, because their proper function was to be that of governing not prophesying.
Numbers 11:26
Of them that were written - i. e. enrolled among the Seventy. The expression points to a regular appointment duly recorded and permanent.
Numbers 11:29
Enviest thou for my sake? - (Compare Mark 9:38 ff) The other members of the Seventy had been with Moses (compare Numbers 6:16, Numbers 6:24-25) when the gift of prophecy was bestowed on them. They received “of the spirit that was upon him,” and exercised their office visibly through and for him. Eldad and Medad prophesying in the camp seemed to Joshua to be acting independently, and so establishing a separate center of authority.
Numbers 11:31
The southeast wind, which blew from the neighboring Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea, brought the quails Exodus 16:13.
Two cubits high - Better, “two cubits above the face of the ground:” i. e. the quails, wearied with their long flight, flew about breast high, and were easily secured by the people, who spread them all abroad for themselves Numbers 11:32, in order to salt and dry them. The quail habitually flies with the wind, and low.
Numbers 11:32
Ten homers - About 55 bushels. Compare Leviticus 27:16.
Numbers 11:33
Ere it was chewed - Better, ere it was consumed. See Numbers 11:19-20. The surfeit in which the people indulged, as described in Numbers 11:32, disposed them to sickness. God’s wrath, visiting the gluttonous through their gluttony, aggravated natural consequences into a supernatural visitation.
Numbers 11:34, Numbers 11:35
(Kibroth-hattaavah has been identified by Palmer with the extensive remains, graves, etc., at Erweis El Ebeirig, and Hazeroth “enclosures” with Ain Hadherah.)
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Numbers 11:34. Kibroth-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, Jude 1:16, and seems to have this people particularly in view, whom the sacred text calls μεμψιμοιροι, 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 his. God will save us in his own way, or not at all; because that way, being the plan of infinite wisdom, it is impossible that we can be saved in any other. How often have we professed to pray, "Thy will be done!" And how seldom, very seldom, have our hearts and lips corresponded! How careful should we be in all our prayers to ask nothing but what is perfectly consistent with the will of God! Many times our prayers and desires are such that, were they answered, our ruin would be inevitable. "THY will be done!" is the greatest of all prayers; and he who would pray safely and successfully, must at least have the spirit of these words in all his petitions. The Israelites asked flesh when they should not have asked for it; God yields to their murmuring, and the death of multitudes of these murmurers was the consequence! We hear of such punishments, and yet walk in the same way, presuming on God's mercy, while we continue to provoke his justice. Let us settle it in our minds as an indisputable truth, that God is better acquainted with our wants than we are ourselves; that he knows infinitely better what we need; and that he is ever more ready to hear than we are to pray, and is wont to give more than we can desire or deserve.
2. In no case has God at any time withheld from his meanest followers any of the spiritual or temporal mercies they needed. Were he to call us to travel through a wilderness, he would send us bread from heaven, or cause the wilderness to smile and blossom as the rose. How strange is it that we will neither believe that God has worked, or will work, unless we see him working!
