1. When the people complained, it displeased the Lord. When the Lord heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp.
2. When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died out.
3. So he called the name of that place Taberah because there the fire of the Lord burned among them.
4. Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said, “If only we had meat to eat!