JE
Taberah. The Manna and Quails. The resting of the spirit upon the elders
During the journey between Sinai and Paran (the arrival at which is stated in anticipation by P in Numbers 10:12) five incidents are placed by the compiler, viz. the three in the present chapter, the fragmentary narrative in Numbers 12:1, and the vindication of Moses against Aaron and Miriam in Numbers 12:2-15. The first and the last two create no special difficulties. But the two which intervene have been fused by a compiler, who has also combined with them a fragment from a third narrative, and these must be separated with care. When this is done, however, a very difficult chapter becomes comparatively clear.