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And it came to pass that the people complained, and it displeased YHVHa; and YHVH heard it; and His anger was kindled;
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And the fire of YHVH came and burnt among them and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
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And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto YHVH, the fire did stop.
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And Moses called the name of the place Taberaha because the fire of YHVH burnt among them.
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¶ And it came to pass that the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting after other foods; and Israel also wept again and said: Who shall give us flesh to eat?
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We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt freely, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
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But now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all besides this mannaa before our eyes.
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And the manna was as coriander seed and the color thereof as the color of dara.
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And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
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And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses heard the people weepa throughout their families, everyone in the door of their tent; and the anger of YHVH was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
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And Moses said unto YHVH: Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? And wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
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Have I conceived all this people? Have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me: Carry them in thy bosom as a nursing father beareth the sucking child unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
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Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? For they weep unto me, saying: Give us flesh that we may eat!
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And I am not able to bear all this people alonea because it is too heavy for me.
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And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my own wretchedness.
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¶ And YHVH said unto Moses: Gather unto me seventy men and women of the Elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the Elders of the people and officers over them;
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Bring them unto the Tabernacle of the Congregation, that they may stand there with thee and I will come down and talk with thee there.
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And I will take of the Breatha which is upon thee and will put it uponb them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.
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And say thou unto the people: Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh.
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For ye have wept in the ears of YHVH, saying: Who shall give us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt; therefore, YHVH will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
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Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days, nor even a whole month,
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But ye shall eat of it until it come out at your nostrils and it be loathsome unto you because that ye have despised YHVH which is among you,
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And ye have wept before YHVH, saying: Why came we forth out of Egypt?
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¶ 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.
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Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them to suffice them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them to suffice them?
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And YHVH said unto Moses: Is the hand of YHVH waxed short? Thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses went out, and told the people the words of YHVH, and gathered the seventy men and women of the Elders, and set them round about the Tabernacle.
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And YHVH came down in a cloud, and spake unto Moses, and took of the Breath that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy Elders.
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And it came to pass that, when the Breath rested upon these seventy, they prophesied and did not cease;
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But there two that remained in the camp, and the Breath rested upon them, and they prophesied in the camp.
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And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said: Two do prophesy in the camp.
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And Joshua, the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, spoke, saying: My lord, Moses, forbid them!
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And Moses said unto him: Enviest thou for my sake? Would YHVH that all the people of YHVH were prophets and that YHVH would put the Breath upon every one of them!
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And Moses got him into the camp, he and the Elders of Israel.
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¶ And it came to pass that there went forth a wind from YHVH, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.
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And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day; and they gathered the quails; and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.
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And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of YHVH was kindled against the people; and YHVH smote the people with a very great plague.
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And Moses called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavaha because there they buried the people that lusted.