So he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving.
Parallel translations
- WEB The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
- KJV And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
- BSB So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
- NASB So that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy.
- NLT So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means “graves of gluttony”) because there they buried the people who had craved meat from Egypt.
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Quick answer
The place is named Kibroth Hattaavah, "graves of craving," where the lustful were buried. The name memorializes the deadly cost of greed.
Overview
Israel buries the dead and names the site for the craving that destroyed them. The name stands as a lasting warning that disordered desire leads to the grave. It fixes in memory the lesson that contempt for God's provision is no small thing.
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Cross-references · 3
- Deut 9:22At Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah, you provoked Yahweh to wrath.
- 1 Cor 10:6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
- Num 33:16They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth Hattaavah.
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