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Numbers 11:1

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And when: Numbers 10:33, Numbers 20:2-5, Numbers 21:5; Exodus 15:23-24, Exodus 16:2-3, Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:9, Exodus 17:2-3; Deuteronomy 9:22; Lamentations 3:39; 1 Corinthians 10:10; Jude 1:16

complained: or, were as it were complainers

it displeased the Lord: Heb. it was evil in the ears of the Lord, Genesis 38:10; 2 Samuel 11:27 *marg. James 5:4

and the fire: Numbers 16:35; Leviticus 10:2; Deuteronomy 32:22; 2 Kings 1:12; Job 1:16; Psalms 78:21, Psalms 106:18; Isaiah 30:33, Isaiah 33:14; Nahum 1:5; Mark 9:43-49; Hebrews 12:29

the uttermost: Deuteronomy 25:18

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