Scripture · Old Testament
Numbers 11:33
Numbers 11:33 is verse 33 of Numbers chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
But 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.
King James Version
And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.
World English Bible
While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, Yahweh’s anger burned against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.
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Numbers 11:31–35 · Berean Standard Bible
31 Now a wind sent by the LORD came up, drove in quail from the sea, and brought them near the camp, about two cubits above the surface of the ground, for a day’s journey in every direction around the camp.
32 All that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
33 But 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.
34 So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
35 From Kibroth-hattaavah the people moved on to Hazeroth, where they remained for some time.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 78:30Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
Psalms 78:31God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
Psalms 106:14They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.
Psalms 106:15So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.
Numbers 16:49But those who died from the plague numbered 14,700, in addition to those who had died on account of Korah.
Numbers 25:9but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.
Deuteronomy 28:27The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.