Numbers Chapter 11 verse 3 Holy Bible
And the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of Jehovah burnt among them.
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So that place was named Taberah, because of the fire of the Lord which had been burning among them.
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And they called the name of that place Taberah; because a fire of Jehovah burned among them.
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And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
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And he called the name of the place Taberah; because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
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The name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of Yahweh burnt among them.
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and he calleth the name of that place Taberah, for the fire of Jehovah hath `burned' among them.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - and he called the name of the place Taberah. Or Taberah (תַּבְעֵרָה). This name does not occur in the list of stations in chapter 33, which mentions nothing between Sinai and Kibroth-Hattaavah. It would seem probable, however, that the conflagration occurred while Israel was encamped, or else there could hardly have been a burning "in the end of the camp." We may therefore suppose either that Tabeerah was some spot in the immediate neighbourhood of Sinai whither the people gathered for their first long march; or that it was one of the halting-places on the "three days' journey" not mentioned in the list, because that journey was considered as all one; or that it was the same place afterwards called Kibroth-Hatta-avah. There is nothing in the narrative to decide a question which is in itself unimportant. It is necessary to remember that where the ancient and local names derived from marked natural features were not available, such names as Tabeerah given to the halting-places of so vast a host must have had a very loose significance. CHAPTER 11:4-35 KIBROTH HATTAAVAH (verses 4-35).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) Taberah--i.e., burning, a word cognate to the verb which is rendered burnt in Numbers 11:1 and in this verse.