3And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
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And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)Here is, I. The people’s sin. They complained , Num. 11:1. They were, as it were, complainers . So it is in the margin. There were some secret grudgings and discontents among them, which as yet did not break out in an open mutiny. But how great a matter did this little fire kindle! They had received from God excellent laws and ordinances, and yet no sooner had they departed from the mount of the L…
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