Numbers 11:34

Verse

So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Free Bible Version

They named that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because that was where they buried the people who had these intense food cravings.

King James (Authorized) Version

And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

One Unity Resource Bible

The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.

Translation for Translators

The people who died and were buried were the ones who had said they wanted to eat meat like they had formerly eaten in Egypt. So they called that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, which means ‘graves of those who craved’.

Unlocked Literal Bible

That place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved meat.

Noah Webster Bible

And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

World English Bible

The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.

Young's Literal Translation

and [one] calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.

Context

The Quail and the Plague

³³But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a severe plague. ³⁴So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

Summary

Numbers 11:34 recounts the incident where the Israelites named the place 'Kibroth Hattaavah,' meaning 'graves of craving,' because of the severe judgment of God in response to their complaining and craving for meat in the wilderness. The judgment came in the form of a plague that struck the people who had lusted after meat, resulting in a significant number of deaths. This event serves as a sobering reminder of the consequences of disobedience and ingratitude towards God, highlighting the importance of contentment and trust in His provision.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Keil-Delitzsch
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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, Jde 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!

Numbers 11:34

The Quail and the Plague

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

American Standard Version (1901)

And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.

Bible in Basic English

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.

Free Bible Version

They named that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because that was where they buried the people who had these intense food cravings.

King James (Authorized) Version

And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

One Unity Resource Bible

The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.

Translation for Translators

Unlocked Literal Bible

That place was named Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved meat.

Noah Webster Bible

And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

World English Bible

The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.

Young's Literal Translation

and [one] calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.

Adam Clarke
Keil-Delitzsch
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill
Tyndale

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Numbers 11:34

Verse

Context

The Quail and the Plague

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes

Numbers 11:34

The Quail and the Plague

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Tyndale Open Study Notes