The Quail and the Plague
Numbers 11:34
In 11 translations
- BSB
- So they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.Kibroth-hattaavah means graves of craving.
- KJV
- And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.Kibroth-hattaavah: that is, The graves of lust
- WEB
- The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.Kibroth Hattaavah means “graves of lust”
- ASV
- And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
- LSV
- and [one] calls the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.
- YLT
- and [one] calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.
- DBY
- And they called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they buried the people who lusted.
- DRC
- And that place was called, The graves of lust: for there they buried the people that had lusted. And departing from the graves of lust, they came unto Haseroth, and abode there.
- GNV
- So the name of the place was called, Kibroth-hattaauah: for there they buried the people that fell a lusting.
- JPS
- And the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
- LXXE
- And the name of that place was called the Graves of Lust; for there they buried the people that lusted.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- וַיִּקְרָ֛א אֶת־שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא קִבְר֣וֹת הַֽתַּאֲוָ֑ה כִּי־שָׁם֙ קָֽבְר֔וּ אֶת־הָעָ֖ם הַמִּתְאַוִּֽים׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ τόπου ἐκείνου, Μνήματα τῆς ἐπιθυμίας· ὅτι ἐκεῖ ἔθαψαν τὸν λαὸν τὸν ἐπιθυμητήν.
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
Kibroth-HattaavahSeventy DisciplesMurmuringGluttonyLustWorldlinessJudgmentsNumbers, Book ofMosesDesert, Journey of Israel through the
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Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 9:22You continued to provoke the LORD at Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah.
- 1 Corinthians 10:6These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.
- Numbers 33:16They set out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah.
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 11:34a in some Bibles
- 11:34-35 in most Bibles