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Taberah

wilderness camp

A wilderness encampment where God's fire burned against the complaining Israelites until Moses interceded, giving the site its name 'Burning.'

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Taberah is a wilderness encampment where fire from the Lord burned in the outskirts of the camp against the who were complaining (Numbers 11:3; Deuteronomy 9:22). interceded for the people and the fire was quenched, but not before part of the camp was consumed. Moses named the place Taberah, meaning 'burning,' as a memorial of the event. The episode precedes the more extended narrative of the people's craving for meat and the sending of quail, suggesting a period of sustained murmuring in the wilderness. Deuteronomy later invokes Taberah alongside and Kibroth-hattaavah as examples of Israel's rebellion.

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