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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Numbers 11:3

He called the place Taberah That is, burning, because of this fire; and it was called Kibroth-hattaavah on another account. It is no unusual thing in Scripture for persons and places to have two or more names. Both these names were imposed as monuments of the people's sin, and of God's just displeasure. This passage is well improved by St. Paul, (1 Corinthians 10:10,) to caution us against discontent and murmuring.

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See also Numbers 11:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    TABERAH - i. e. “burning:” not the name of a station, and accordingly not found in the list given in Numbers 33, but the name of the spot where the fire broke out. This incident might seem (compare Nu...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE JOURNEY STARTED: ISRAEL'S UNBELIEF, FAILURE AND PUNISHMENT 1. The Departure and the First Failure CHAPTER 10:11-36 _ 1. The cloud moves (Numbers 10:11)_ 2. The standard of the camp of Juda...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ( JE). THE CHASTISEMENT OF THE PEOPLE AT TABERAH. The occasion was discontent at some hardship, the nature of which is not explained. The agency by which the discontent was punished was probably light...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HE CALLED: i.e. Moses called. THE PLACE. that place. TABERAH. Hebrew "burning"....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    NAME OF THE PLACE TABERAH— The reason of the name _Taberah,_ or _burning,_ is given, as usual, in the next clause; _because the fire of the Lord burnt among them:_ see 1 Corinthians 10:11 where the ap...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. COMPLAINT AND PUNISHMENT AT TABERAH (NUMBERS 11:1-3) TEXT Numbers 11:1. And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE PEOPLE CRIED UNTO MOSES; AND WHEN MOSES PRAYED UNTO THE LORD, THE FIRE WAS QUENCHED._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    11:3 Taberah; (c-9) 'Burning.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    JOURNEYINGS FROM SINAI TO MOAB (NUMBERS 10:11 TO NUMBERS 22:1) After a stay at Sinai of nearly a year (cp. Numbers 10:11 with Exodus 19:1) the s

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    TABERAH] 'burning.'...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 11 GOD SENDS FIRE – NUMBERS 11:1-3 V1 The people started to complain about their problems. The *LORD heard the

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    TABERAH — _i.e., burning,_ a word cognate to the verb which is rendered _burnt_ in Numbers 11:1 and in this verse....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּקְרָ֛א שֵֽׁם ־הַ מָּקֹ֥ום הַ ה֖וּא

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE STRAIN OF THE DESERT JOURNEY Numbers 11:1 THE narrative has accompanied the march of Israel but a short way from the mount of God to some spot marked for an encampment by the ark of the covenant,...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE MURMURING FLESH-LOVERS Numbers 11:1 We cannot wonder at the people's murmuring. They were unaccustomed to the fatigues of the desert, and had not realized the length of the journey. Let us beware...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we enter upon the second section in the Book of Numbers, in which is revealed the failure of man. The first evidence was discontent, resulting unquestionably from the hardship of life. This was...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _The burning. Hebrew tabherah. (Challoner) --- Calmet uses no reason for confounding this station with that mentioned [in] ver. 34._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Taberah means a burning....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise. It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We are now brought to turn our thoughts in another direction-to see the conduct of the people in the wilderness, and alas! what is it except a history of unfaithfulness and rebellion? Let us add, howe...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE CALLED THE NAME OF THE PLACE TABERAH,.... That is, "burning": Moses called it so; or it may be rendered impersonally, it was called s so in later times by the people: BECAUSE THE FIRE OF THE L...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. Ver. 3. _The name of the place Taberah._] So to perpetuate the memory of the people's sin, and God's judgme...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses prayer. 4 The people lust for flesh, and loth Manna. 10 Moses complayneth of his charge. 16 God diuideth his burden vnto seuentie Elders. 31 Quailes are...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he (Moses) CALLED THE NAME OF THE PLACE TABERAH, that is, burning, or, place of burning, BECAUSE THE FIRE OF THE LORD BURNED AMONG THEM. This was only one part, or section, of the camp, but it liv...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE BURNING AT TABERAH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PEOPLE LUST FOR FLESH...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    COMPLAINT ANSWERED BY FIRE (vs.1-3) Israel had reason for profound thanksgiving to the Lord, as believers certainly have today. Yet now they complained (v.1) without any reason for it. It is sad when...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    TABERAH: that is, a burning...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-3 Here is the people's sin; they complained. See the sinfulness of sin, which takes occasion from the commandment to be provoking. The weakness of the law discovered sin, but could not destroy it;...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    TABERA, from this fire; as it was called _Kibroth-hattaa-vah_ from another occasion, NUMBERS 11:34,35 NUMBERS 33:16; as it is no new thing in Scripture for persons and places to have two names. Both t...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    Hitherto we have been occupied, in our study of this book, with God's mode of ordering and providing for His people in the wilderness. We have travelled over the first ten Chapter s and seen in them t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Numbers 11:3 called H7121 (H8799) name H8034 the H1931 place H4725 Taberah H8404 fire H784 LORD H30

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A SHARP WARNING ABOUT GRUMBLING. THE PEOPLE COMPLAIN AND ARE SMITTEN. MOSES INTERVENES (NUMBERS 11:1). It is interesting that even in so short a passage another chiastic formation is revealed. a The...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Numbers 11:1. _And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD:_ Interpreters cannot make out what they had to complain of. The curse of labour had been removed; they did not earn their bread...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Complaints about the manna and the consequences. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Eldad, Medad, Joshua. CONCLUSION: Though God graciously gives us leave to complain to Him when there is cause, yet...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Numbers 11:7. _The manna._ See Exodus 14:15. and 31. _Bdellium._ See Genesis 2:12; Exodus 28:19....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The people complained._ AGAINST MURMURING I. A dissatisfied spirit causes displeasure to the Lord. 1. This we might infer from our own feelings, when dependents, children, servants, or receivers o...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 11:1 This is a general complaint by the people. As on other occasions, Moses’ intercession stops God’s judgment (Exodus 32:11,...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 11:1. “_And when the people complained,”_ etc. Margin: “the people were, as it were, complainers.” _Speaker’s Comm_.: “And the people were as those that complai...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE PLACE OF BURNING (Numbers 11:1). NUMBERS 11:1 AND WHEN THE PEOPLE COMPLAINED, it DISPLEASED THE LORD. There is no "when" in the original. It is literally, "An

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    This time let's turn to Numbers chapter eleven. In reading Numbers eleven through twenty, I see a pattern emerging, a pattern of chronic complaining, as the people are now complaining against the Lord...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 9:22...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    TROUBLES AND TESTINGS BY THE WAY Numbers 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Our last study was a study of Numbers 9:1. We are skipping over the 10th chapter and preparing to consider chapter 11. There are, ho...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Taberah — This fire; as it was called Kibroth — hattaavah from another occasion, Numbers 11:34, and Numbers 33:16. It is no new thing in scripture for persons and places to have two names. Both these...

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