Numbers 11:1

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Numbers 11:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

2 And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

3 So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.

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Numbers 10:33

So 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.

Numbers 20:2

Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron.

Numbers 20:3

The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD!

Numbers 20:4

Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here?

Numbers 20:5

Why have you led us up out of Egypt to bring us to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain, figs, vines, or pomegranates—and there is no water to drink!”

Numbers 21:5

and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”

Exodus 15:23

And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

Exodus 15:24

So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

Exodus 16:2

And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 16:3

“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

Exodus 16:7

and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we that you should grumble against us?”

Exodus 16:9

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”

Exodus 17:2

So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

Exodus 17:3

But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

Deuteronomy 9:22

You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.

Lamentations 3:39

Why should any mortal man complain, in view of his sins?

1 Corinthians 10:10

And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

Jude 1:16

These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

Genesis 38:10

What he did was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put Onan to death as well.

2 Samuel 11:27

And when the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.

James 5:4

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Numbers 16:35

And fire came forth from the LORD and consumed the 250 men who were offering the incense.

Leviticus 10:2

So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died in the presence of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

2 Kings 1:12

Again Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men.” And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed the captain and his fifty men.

Job 1:16

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”

Psalms 78:21

Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,

Psalms 106:18

Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

Isaiah 30:33

For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

Nahum 1:5

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

Mark 9:43

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.

Mark 9:45

If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.

Mark 9:47

And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell,

Mark 9:48

where ‘their worm never dies, and the fire is never quenched.’

Mark 9:49

For everyone will be salted with fire.

Hebrews 12:29

“For our God is a consuming fire.”

Deuteronomy 25:18

how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.