Numbers 11:31–35 — Yahweh sends quails for meat

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Num 11:31–35

11:31 Yahweh sends quails for meat

31 Then Yahweh sent a wind that blew quails from the ocean, and they dropped on the ground a day’s walk in every direction around the camp until they were piled a metre high. 32 So the people went out and collected the quail—each family getting at least the equivalent of ten large barrels full, and they spread the meat around the camp to sun dry. 33 Then when they started to cook and eat some of the fresh meat, Yahweh got very angry and struck the people with a terrible deadly disease before they could even chew it. 34 So that place was named Kivrot-Hata’avah (which means ‘Graves of the cravers’), because that was where they buried the people who had craved meat. 35 From Kivrot-Hata’avah, the people moved on to Hatserot and stayed there.

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31 And_spirit it _set _out from_with YHWH and_it _brought quails from the_sea and_it _left_them at the_camp about_a _journey _of a _day thus and_about_a _journey _of a _day thus around _of the_camp and_about_two _cubits above the _surface _of the_earth/land.

32 And_ the_people _he/it _rose _up all _of the_day (the)_that and_all the_night and_all/each/any/every the _day _of the _next _day and_they _gathered DOM the_quail the_one_who_made _little he _gathered ten homers and_they _spread_them_out to/for_them widely _(spread _out) around _of the_camp.

33 The_meat still_it was_between teeth _of_their not _yet it _was _chewed and_the _anger _of YHWH it _burnt on_people and_ YHWH _he _struck (on)_people a _plague great very.

34 And_he/it _called DOM the _name _of the _place (the)_that Qiⱱrōt Hattaʼₐvāh if/because there they _buried DOM the_people who_craved.

35 From_Qiⱱrōt- hattaʼₐvāh the_people they _set _out Ḩₐʦērōt and_they _were at_ Ḩₐʦērōt.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section NUM 11:31

Yahweh sends quails for meat

Num 11:31–35