Numbers 11:2
New International Version
When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire died down.

New Living Translation
Then the people screamed to Moses for help, and when he prayed to the LORD, the fire stopped.

English Standard Version
Then the people cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

Berean Standard Bible
And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

King James Bible
And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.

New King James Version
Then the people cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched.

New American Standard Bible
The people then cried out to Moses; and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out.

NASB 1995
The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD and the fire died out.

NASB 1977
The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out.

Legacy Standard Bible
The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire died out.

Amplified Bible
So the people cried out to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire died out.

Christian Standard Bible
Then the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

American Standard Version
And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto Jehovah, and the fire abated.

Contemporary English Version
When the people begged Moses to help, he prayed, and the fire went out.

English Revised Version
And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the LORD, and the fire abated.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The people cried out to Moses, Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

Good News Translation
The people cried out to Moses for help; he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

International Standard Version
When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire stopped.

Majority Standard Bible
And the people cried out to Moses, and he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died down.

NET Bible
When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the LORD, and the fire died out.

New Heart English Bible
The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire abated.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the people cried to Moses; and when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched.

World English Bible
The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the people cry to Moses, and Moses prays to YHWH, and the fire is quenched;

Young's Literal Translation
And the people cry unto Moses, and Moses prayeth unto Jehovah, and the fire is quenched;

Smith's Literal Translation
And the people will cry to Moses and Moses will pray to Jehovah, and the fire will subside.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the people cried to Moses, Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was swallowed up.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when the people had cried out to Moses, Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was consumed.

New American Bible
But when the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the LORD and the fire died out.

New Revised Standard Version
But the people cried out to Moses; and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire abated.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to the LORD, and the fire was quenched.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the people cried out to Moshe and Moshe prayed before LORD JEHOVAH and the fire ceased.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the people cried unto Moses; and Moses prayed unto the LORD, and the fire abated.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the people cried to Moses: and Moses prayed to the Lord, and the fire was quenched.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Complaints of the People
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.…

Cross References
Exodus 32:11-14
But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? / Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people. / Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, to whom You swore by Your very self when You declared, ‘I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give your descendants all this land that I have promised, and it shall be their inheritance forever.’” ...

Deuteronomy 9:18-20
Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger. / For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well. / The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I also prayed for Aaron.

Psalm 106:23
So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

James 5:16
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

1 Samuel 12:19-23
They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.” / “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. / Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty. ...

Jeremiah 15:1
Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go!

1 Kings 13:6
Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.

1 Timothy 2:1
First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be offered for everyone—

2 Chronicles 7:14
and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.

Hebrews 7:25
Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

Job 42:8-10
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.” / So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer. / After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

Luke 22:32
But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.”

Genesis 18:23-33
Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? / What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? / Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” ...

Romans 8:34
Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.

Amos 7:1-6
This is what the Lord GOD showed me: He was preparing swarms of locusts just after the king’s harvest, as the late spring crop was coming up. / And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?” / So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said. ...


Treasury of Scripture

And the people cried to Moses; and when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched.

cried

Numbers 21:7
Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.

Psalm 78:34,35
When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God…

Jeremiah 37:3
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.

prayer

Numbers 14:13-20
And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) …

Genesis 18:23-33
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? …

Exodus 32:10-14,31,32,34
Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation…

the fire

Numbers 16:45-48
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces…

Hebrews 7:26
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;

1 John 2:1,2
My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: …

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Numbers 11
1. The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer
4. The people crave meat, and loathe manna
10. Moses complains of his charge
16. God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders,
18. and to give the people meat for a month
21. Moses' faith is staggered
31. Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth Hattaavah














And the people cried out to Moses
The phrase "cried out" comes from the Hebrew root "צָעַק" (tsa'aq), which conveys a sense of desperation and urgency. This is not a mere request but a plea for help, reflecting the Israelites' dire situation. Historically, the Israelites often turned to Moses as their intermediary with God, highlighting Moses' role as a leader and prophet. This cry signifies a moment of communal distress, where the people recognize their need for divine intervention through Moses.

and he prayed to the LORD
The act of praying here is derived from the Hebrew word "פָּלַל" (palal), which means to intercede or mediate. Moses' prayer is an act of intercession, standing in the gap between the people and God. This reflects the biblical theme of mediation, where Moses acts as a type of Christ, foreshadowing the ultimate mediator between God and humanity. The historical context shows Moses' consistent role as an intercessor, emphasizing the power and necessity of prayer in times of crisis.

and the fire died down
The "fire" mentioned here is a divine response to the people's complaints, a manifestation of God's judgment. The Hebrew word for "died down" is "שָׁקַע" (shaqa), meaning to subside or abate. This indicates a cessation of God's immediate wrath, showcasing His mercy in response to Moses' intercession. Theologically, this demonstrates God's willingness to relent from judgment when His people repent and seek His face. It serves as a reminder of the balance between God's justice and mercy throughout Scripture.

(2) The fire was quenched.--Better, subsided or sunk down. No precise information is given as to the extent of the fire, or as to the objects which it destroyed. It broke out in the extremity of the encampment, and it was arrested in its progress at the supplication of Moses. It seems, however, more probable that it consumed some of the Israelites themselves, than that it consumed only some of their tents. Some suppose that the reference is to the simoom, or fiery south wind, which sometimes blows in the Eastern desert, and which stifles those over whom it sweeps.

Verse 2. - And the people cried unto Moses. Fear brought them to their senses, and they knew that their only hope was in their mediator, who had already saved them by his intercession from a worse destruction (Exodus 32:30-34). The fire was quenched. Rather, "went out." As its beginning was supernatural, or at least was so ordered as to appear so, its end also was due to the Divine intervention, not to human efforts.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And the people
הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

cried out
וַיִּצְעַ֥ק (way·yiṣ·‘aq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Moses,
מֹשֶׁ֑ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

and he
מֹשֶׁה֙ (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

prayed
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֤ל (way·yiṯ·pal·lêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6419: To judge, to intercede, pray

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and the fire
הָאֵֽשׁ׃ (hā·’êš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

died down.
וַתִּשְׁקַ֖ע (wat·tiš·qa‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 8257: To subside, to be overflowed, cease, to abate, subdue


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