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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Numbers 11 ERV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/11.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</a> > Numbers 11</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/10.htm" title="Numbers 10">◄</a> Numbers 11 <a href="../numbers/12.htm" title="Numbers 12">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">The People Complain</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And the people were as murmurers, speaking evil in the ears of the LORD: and when the LORD heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the LORD, and the fire abated. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the name of that place was called Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all: we have nought save this manna to look to.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and seethed it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.</p> <p class="hdg">The Complaint of Moses</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; and Moses was displeased. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou evil entreated thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.</p> <p class="hdg">Seventy Elders to Help Moses</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.</p> <p class="hdg">The People Receive Meat for a Month</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have rejected the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?</p> <p class="hdg">Moses' Faith Staggered</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD'S hand waxed short? now shalt thou see whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD: and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the Tent. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And the LORD came down in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>But there remained two men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but had not gone out unto the Tent: and they prophesied in the camp. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And Joshua the son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And Moses said unto him, Art thou jealous for my sake? would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, that the LORD would put his spirit upon them! <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.</p> <p class="hdg">The Quail and the Plague</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>From Kibroth-hattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 12" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/numbers/11-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhsh.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>