Numbers 11 · Verse 34

Numbers 11:34

And he called the name of that place Kibroth–hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.
Numbers 11:34, King James Version

Numbers 11:34 in other translations

BSBSo they called that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had craved other food.
WEBThe name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
ASVAnd the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.
YLTand one calleth the name of that place Kibroth-Hattaavah, for there they have buried the people who lust.
DARBYAnd they called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they buried the people who lusted.
BBESo that place was named Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they put in the earth the bodies of the people who had given way to their desires.
WebsterAnd he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

What does Numbers 11:34 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 11:31-35

31-35. There went forth a wind from the Lord, and brought quails from the sea, &c.--These migratory birds (see on Ex 16:13) were on their journey from Egypt, when "the wind from the Lord," an east wind (Psa 78:26) forcing them to change their course, wafted them over the Red Sea to the camp of Israel. let them fall a day's journey--If the journey of an individual is meant, this space might be thirty miles; if the…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 34 Kibroth-hattaavah - The graves of lust; and thus their scandalous crime was perpetuated by the name of the place. 1. St. Jude speaks of persons who were murmurers and complainers, walking after their own lusts, Jde 1:16, and seems to have this people particularly in view, whom the sacred text calls μεμψιμοιροι, complainers of their lot. They could never be satisfied; even God himself could not please them, because they were ever preferring their own wisdom to his. God will save us in his own way, or not at all; because that way, being the plan of infinite wisdom, it is impossible that we can be saved in any other. How often have we professed to pray, "Thy will be done!" And how seldom, very seldom, have our hearts and lips corresponded! How careful should we be in all our prayers to ask nothing but what is perfectly consistent with the will of God! Many times our prayers and desires are such that, were they answered, our ruin would be inevitable. "Thy will be done!" is the greatest of all prayers; and he who would pray safely and successfully, must at least have the spirit of these words in all his petitions. The Israelites asked flesh when they should not have asked for it; God yields to their murmuring, and the death of multitudes of these murmurers was the consequence! We hear of such punishments, and yet walk in the same way, presuming on God's mercy, while we continue to provoke his justice. Let us settle it in our minds as an indisputable truth, that God is better acquainted with our wants than we are ourselves; that he knows infinitely better what we need; and that he is ever more ready to hear than we are to pray, and is wont to give more than we can desire or deserve. 2. In no case has God at any time withheld from his meanest followers any of the spiritual or temporal mercies they needed. Were he to call us to travel through a wilderness, he would send us bread from heaven, or cause the wilderness to smile and blossom as the rose. How strange is it that we will neither believe that God has worked, or will work, unless we see him working!

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 11:31-35

God performed his promise to the people, in giving them flesh. How much more diligent men are in collecting the meat that perishes, than in labouring for meat which endures to everlasting life! We are quick-sighted in the affairs of time; but stupidity blinds us as to the concerns of eternity. To pursue worldly advantages, we need no arguments; but when we are to secure the true riches, then we are all…

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Numbers 11:34 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּקְרָ֛אvai.yik.Ra'and someone calledH7121
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שֵֽׁם\־shem-[the] name ofH8034
הַמָּק֥וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
הַה֖וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
קִבְר֣וֹתkiv.RotKibrothH6914
הַֽתַּאֲוָ֑הha.ta.'a.VahHattaavahH6914
כִּי\־ki-forH3588
שָׁם֙shamthereH8033
קָֽבְר֔וּka.ve.Ruthey buriedH6912
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָעָ֖םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
הַמִּתְאַוִּֽים\׃ha.mit.'a.Vimwho cravedH183

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 11:34

  • Deuteronomy 9:22

    And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibroth–hattaavah, ye provoked the Lord to wrath.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:6

    Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

  • Numbers 33:16

    And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibroth–hattaavah.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Kibroth-hattaavah. that is, the graves of lust.
33:16; De 9:22; 1Co 10:6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Numbers 11:33

    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.

  • Numbers 11:34

    And he called the name of that place Kibroth–hattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted.

  • Numbers 11:35

    And the people journeyed from Kibroth–hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.

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Numbers 11:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y llamó el nombre de aquel lugar Kibroth-hattaavah, por cuanto allí sepultaron al pueblo codicioso.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et on appela le nom de ce lieu-là Kibroth-Hattaava, parce qu’on y enterra le peuple qui avait convoité.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und man gab selbigem Orte den Namen Kibroth-Hattaawa, weil man daselbst das Volk begrub, das lüstern gewesen war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Vocatusque est ille locus, Sepulchra concupiscentiæ: ibi enim sepelierunt populum qui desideraverat. Egressi autem de Sepulchris concupiscentiæ, venerunt in Haseroth, et manserunt ibi.