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The Book of Numbers, Chapter 11, Verse 2

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And [when] the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard [it]; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed [them that were] in the uttermost parts of the camp.
King James Version
And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
American Standard Version
And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto Jehovah, and the fire abated.
New English Translation
When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out.
World English Bible
The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated.
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And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
4
And the mixt multitude that [was] among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
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We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
6
But now our soul [is] dried away: [there is] nothing at all, beside this manna, [before] our eyes.
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And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
8
[And] the people went about, and gathered [it], and ground [it] in mills, or beat [it] in a mortar, and baked [it] in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
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And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10
Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
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And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
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Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?