Fire From the Lord
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. 2When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the Lord and the fire died down. 3So that place was called Taberah,11:3 Taberah means burning. because fire from the Lord had burned among them.
Quail From the Lord
4The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! 5We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. 6But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!”
7The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin. 8The people went around gathering it, and then ground it in a hand mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into loaves. And it tasted like something made with olive oil. 9When the dew settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.
10Moses heard the people of every family wailing at the entrance to their tents. The Lord became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. 11He asked the Lord, “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? 12Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their ancestors? 13Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’ 14I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. 15If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me—if I have found favor in your eyes—and do not let me face my own ruin.”
16The Lord said to Moses: “Bring me seventy of Israel’s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you. 17I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the power of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will share the burden of the people with you so that you will not have to carry it alone.
18“Tell the people: ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The Lord heard you when you wailed, “If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!” Now the Lord will give you meat, and you will eat it. 19You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days, 20but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it—because you have rejected the Lord, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?” ’ ”
21But Moses said, “Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!’ 22Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?”
23The Lord answered Moses, “Is the Lord’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.”
24So Moses went out and told the people what the Lord had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the tent. 25Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but did not do so again.
26However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp. 27A young man ran and told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.”
28Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses’ aide since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
29But Moses replied, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!” 30Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.
31Now a wind went out from the Lord and drove quail in from the sea. It scattered them up to two cubits11:31 That is, about 3 feet or about 90 centimeters deep all around the camp, as far as a day’s walk in any direction. 32All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers.11:32 That is, possibly about 1 3/4 tons or about 1.6 metric tons Then they spread them out all around the camp. 33But 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. 34Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah,11:34 Kibroth Hattaavah means graves of craving. because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
35From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed there.
以色列人发怨言
1民众因为困难而发怨言，传到耶和华耳中。耶和华听见后便向他们发怒，使火在他们中间燃烧，烧毁了营地的边缘部分。 2民众呼求摩西，摩西便向耶和华祷告，火就熄了。 3那地方叫他备拉，因为耶和华的火曾在他们中间燃烧。
4他们中间有一群乌合之众贪恋美食，以色列人也哭着说：“要是有肉吃多好啊！ 5还记得在埃及的时候，我们不花钱就可以吃鱼，还有黄瓜、西瓜、韭菜、葱和蒜。 6我们现在毫无胃口，眼前除了吗哪外，什么都没有。” 7吗哪的形状像芫荽籽，又像珍珠。 8-9每天晚上露水降在营地上时，吗哪也随着降下来。早晨民众到四周捡吗哪，把吗哪用磨磨碎或在臼中捣碎后，放在锅里煮，再做成饼，味道就像油饼。 10摩西感到难过，因为他听见民众都在自己帐篷门口哭泣，以致耶和华大发烈怒。 11他对耶和华说：“你为什么苦待仆人？我做了什么令你不悦的事，你竟把管理这些民众的重担放在我身上？ 12难道是我孕育生养了他们吗？为什么你要我像父亲呵护吃奶的婴儿一样，把他们抱到你应许给他们祖先的地方呢？ 13他们都哭着向我要肉吃，我去哪里找肉给他们吃呢？ 14管理民众的责任实在是太重了，我一个人担当不起啊！ 15你既然这样对待我，求你施恩杀了我吧，别让我受苦了！”
16耶和华对摩西说：“你给我招聚七十个以色列人的长老，就是你所了解的长老和首领，把他们带到会幕，让他们站在你身边。 17我要在那里降临，对你说话，把降在你身上的灵也赐给他们，让他们为你分担管理民众的责任，免得你独自承担。 18你要叫民众洁净自己，明天就会有肉吃。因为我听见了他们哭着要肉吃、说埃及的日子更好，我必给他们肉吃。 19他们将不止吃一天、两天、五天、十天或二十天， 20而是要吃整整一个月，直到肉从他们鼻孔里喷出来，令他们厌腻。因为他们厌弃住在他们中间的我，在我面前哭诉，后悔离开埃及。” 21摩西说：“和我同行的，仅男子就有六十万，你还说要让他们吃整整一个月的肉！ 22就是把牛羊都宰了，够他们吃吗？就是把海里的鱼都捕来，够他们吃吗？” 23耶和华说：“难道我的臂膀短小无力吗？你很快将看见我的话会不会应验。”
24摩西就出去把耶和华的话转告民众，又召集了七十位长老，叫他们站在会幕周围。 25耶和华在云中降临，对摩西说话，把降在摩西身上的灵也赐给七十位长老。灵一降在他们身上，他们就说起预言来，但只说了这一次。 26七十位长老中的伊利达和米达没有到会幕去，但耶和华的灵也降在他们身上，他们就在营中说起预言来。 27有一个青年跑去禀告摩西说：“伊利达和米达正在营中说预言。” 28摩西拣选的助手嫩的儿子约书亚就说：“我主摩西，请你禁止他们。” 29摩西说：“你是为我的缘故而嫉妒吗？愿耶和华的子民都成为先知！愿耶和华把祂的灵降在他们身上！” 30之后，摩西和以色列的长老都返回营中。
耶和华赐下鹌鹑
31耶和华刮起一阵风，把鹌鹑从海面刮到营地四周，约一米厚，方圆数公里。 32民众花了两天一夜的时间去捕捉鹌鹑，每人至少捉了一吨半。他们把鹌鹑摊在营地的周围。 33他们口中的肉还没嚼烂，耶和华的怒气就已向他们发作，降下了大灾。 34因此，那地方叫基博罗·哈他瓦11:34 “基博罗·哈他瓦”意思是“贪欲之墓”。，因为那些贪食之徒埋葬在那里。 35民众从基博罗·哈他瓦前往哈洗录，在哈洗录住了下来。
