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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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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

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