They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
Parallel translations
- WEB They traveled from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped in Kibroth Hattaavah.
- KJV And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah.
- NKJV They moved from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah.
- NASB They journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai, and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
- NLT They left the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
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Quick answer
They left Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah, the place name meaning graves of craving. It recalls Israel's lust for meat and the judgment that followed.
Overview
After leaving Sinai, Israel camped at Kibroth Hattaavah, where, as Numbers 11 records, their craving for meat led to plague and death, giving the place its name. The stop is a memorial of the danger of discontent and appetite ungoverned by trust in God. It warns God's people against the grumbling and craving that despise His provision.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Num 11:34So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
- Num 10:11–13On the twentieth day of the second month of the second year, the cloud was lifted from above the tabernacle of the Testimony,
- Num 11:4Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
- Num 10:33So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
- Deut 1:6The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
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In the wilderness Christ is the water from the rock, the bronze serpent lifted up that the dying might look and live (John 3:14), and the star and scepter that Balaam saw rising out of Jacob.
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