1490 BC · AM 2514 · Egypt and Exodus

Seventy elders receive the Spirit; quail fill the camp

After Israel complained, the LORD placed the Spirit on seventy elders to share Moses' burden. He sent quail in abundance, but struck the people who craved meat with a severe plague (Numbers 11:1-35).

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📖 Numbers 11:1–3

1Soon the people began to complain about their hardship in the hearing of the LORD, and when He heard them, His anger was kindled, and fire from the LORD blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp. 2And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down. 3So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.

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