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    <div class="book bkPRO">
        <div class="chapter ch14" data-usfm="PRO.14">
            <div class="label">14</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The wise woman builds her house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.14.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Whoever fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> walks uprightly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">but those who despise him are devious in their ways.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.14.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">A fool&#8217;s mouth lashes out with pride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">but the lips of the wise protect them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.14.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">An honest witness does not deceive,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">but a false witness pours out lies.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.14.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The mocker seeks wisdom and finds none,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Stay away from a fool,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">for you will not find knowledge on their lips.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.14.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">but the folly of fools is deception.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.14.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Fools mock at making amends for sin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">but goodwill is found among the upright.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.14.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Each heart knows its own bitterness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">and no one else can share its joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.14.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The house of the wicked will be destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">but the tent of the upright will flourish.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">There is a way that appears to be right,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">but in the end it leads to death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.14.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Even in laughter the heart may ache,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="content">and rejoicing may end in grief.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.14.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="content">and the good rewarded for theirs.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The simple believe anything,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="content">but the prudent give thought to their steps.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The wise fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and shun evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="content">but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.14.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">A quick-tempered person does foolish things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="content">and the one who devises evil schemes is hated.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The simple inherit folly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="content">but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="content">and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">but the rich have many friends.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It is a sin to despise one&#8217;s neighbor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Do not those who plot evil go astray?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="content">But those who plan what is good find</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:22 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">show</span></span></span><span class="content"> love and faithfulness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">All hard work brings a profit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="content">but mere talk leads only to poverty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.14.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The wealth of the wise is their crown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="content">but the folly of fools yields folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">A truthful witness saves lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="content">but a false witness is deceitful.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.14.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Whoever fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a secure fortress,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="content">and for their children it will be a refuge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.14.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a fountain of life,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="content">turning a person from the snares of death.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">A large population is a king&#8217;s glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="content">but without subjects a prince is ruined.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.14.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Whoever is patient has great understanding,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="content">but one who is quick-tempered displays folly.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.14.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">A heart at peace gives life to the body,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="content">but envy rots the bones.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="content">but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.14.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">When calamity comes, the wicked are brought down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="content">but even in death the righteous seek refuge in God.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.14.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="content">and even among fools she lets herself be known.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:33 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.14.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Righteousness exalts a nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="content">but sin condemns any people.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PRO.14.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">A king delights in a wise servant,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PRO.14.35"><span class="content">but a shameful servant arouses his fury.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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    <div class="book bkNUM">
        <div class="chapter ch11" data-usfm="NUM.11">
            <div class="label">11</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Fire From the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.11.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the people complained about their hardships in the hearing of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and when he heard them his anger was aroused. Then fire from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.11.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the people cried out to Moses, he prayed to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and the fire died down. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.11.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">So that place was called Taberah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:3 </span><span class="fq">Taberah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">burning.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because fire from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had burned among them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Quail From the </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.11.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.11.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again the Israelites started wailing and said, &#8220;If only we had meat to eat! </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.11.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">We remember the fish we ate in Egypt at no cost&#8212;also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.11.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.11.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.11.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.11.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The people went around gathering it, and then ground it in a hand mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into loaves. And it tasted like something made with olive oil. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.11.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">When the dew settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.11.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.11.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Moses heard the people of every family wailing at the entrance to their tents. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> became exceedingly angry, and Moses was troubled. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.11.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He asked the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me? </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.11.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth? Why do you tell me to carry them in my arms, as a nurse carries an infant, to the land you promised on oath to their ancestors? </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.11.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, &#8216;Give us meat to eat!&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.11.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I cannot carry all these people by myself; the burden is too heavy for me. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.11.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">If this is how you are going to treat me, please go ahead and kill me&#8212;if I have found favor in your eyes&#8212;and do not let me face my own ruin.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.11.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.11.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses: &#8220;Bring me seventy of Israel&#8217;s elders who are known to you as leaders and officials among the people. Have them come to the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with you. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.11.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the power of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will share the burden of the people with you so that you will not have to carry it alone.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.11.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.11.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell the people: &#8216;Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> heard you when you wailed, &#8220;If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!&#8221; Now the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will give you meat, and you will eat it. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.11.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.11.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">but for a whole month&#8212;until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it&#8212;because you have rejected the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, &#8220;Why did we ever leave Egypt?&#8221;&#8198;&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.11.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.11.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But Moses said, &#8220;Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, &#8216;I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.11.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.11.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.11.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered Moses, &#8220;Is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not what I say will come true for you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.11.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.11.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So Moses went out and told the people what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said. He brought together seventy of their elders and had them stand around the tent. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.11.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and he took some of the power of the Spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied&#8212;but did not do so again.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.11.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.11.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.11.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">A young man ran and told Moses, &#8220;Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.11.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.11.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses&#8217; aide since youth, spoke up and said, &#8220;Moses, my lord, stop them!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.11.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.11.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">But Moses replied, &#8220;Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s people were prophets and that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> would put his Spirit on them!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.11.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Then Moses and the elders of Israel returned to the camp.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.11.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.11.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Now a wind went out from the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and drove quail in from the sea. It scattered them up to two cubits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:31 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 3 feet or about 90 centimeters</span></span></span><span class="content"> deep all around the camp, as far as a day&#8217;s walk in any direction. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.11.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:32 </span><span class="ft">That is, possibly about 1 3/4 tons or about 1.6 metric tons</span></span></span><span class="content"> Then they spread them out all around the camp. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.11.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But while the meat was still between their teeth and before it could be consumed, the anger of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.11.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">11:34 </span><span class="fq">Kibroth Hattaavah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">graves of craving.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because there they buried the people who had craved other food.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.11.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.11.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed there.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Miriam and Aaron began to talk against Moses because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoken only through Moses?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;Hasn&#8217;t he also spoken through us?&#8221; And the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> heard this.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.12.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">(Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.12.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">At once the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, Aaron and Miriam, &#8220;Come out to the tent of meeting, all three of you.&#8221; So the three of them went out. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came down in a pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">he said, &#8220;Listen to my words:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.12.6"><span class="content">&#8220;When there is a prophet among you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.12.6"><span class="content">I, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, reveal myself to them in visions,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.12.6"><span class="content">I speak to them in dreams.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.12.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But this is not true of my servant Moses;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.12.7"><span class="content">he is faithful in all my house.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.12.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">With him I speak face to face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="content">clearly and not in riddles;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="content">he sees the form of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="content">Why then were you not afraid</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="content">to speak against my servant Moses?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.12.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The anger of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> burned against them, and he left them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.12.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">When the cloud lifted from above the tent, Miriam&#8217;s skin was leprous</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">12:10 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">leprous </span><span class="ft">was used for various diseases affecting the skin.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8212;it became as white as snow. Aaron turned toward her and saw that she had a defiling skin disease, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">and he said to Moses, &#8220;Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we have so foolishly committed. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do not let her be like a stillborn infant coming from its mother&#8217;s womb with its flesh half eaten away.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.12.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So Moses cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;Please, God, heal her!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.12.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> replied to Moses, &#8220;If her father had spit in her face, would she not have been in disgrace for seven days? Confine her outside the camp for seven days; after that she can be brought back.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So Miriam was confined outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on till she was brought back.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.12.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">After that, the people left Hazeroth and encamped in the Desert of Paran.</span></span></div>
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