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Num 11:1 — And [when] the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard [it]; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed [them that were] in the uttermost parts of the camp.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

And when		Num 10:33; Num 20:2-5; Num 21:5; Exd 15:23,24; Exd 16:2,3,7,9; Exd 17:2,3; Deu 9:22; Lam 3:39; 1Cr 10:10; Jud 1:16
complained		or, were as it were complainers.
it displeased the LORD		Heb. it was evil in the ears of the LORD. Gen 38:10; 2Sa 11:27; *marg:; Jam 5:4
and the fire		Num 16:35; Lev 10:2; Deu 32:22; 2Ki 1:12; Job 1:16; Psa 78:21; Psa 106:18; Isa 30:33; Isa 33:14; Nah 1:5; Mar 9:43-49; Hbr 12:29
the uttermost		Deu 25:18

Correlating Passages

And when

	Num 10:33	And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them.
	Num 20:2	And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
	Num 20:3	And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
	Num 20:4	And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?
	Num 20:5	And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it [is] no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither [is] there any water to drink.
	Num 21:5	And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
	Exd 15:23	And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they [were] bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.
	Exd 15:24	And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
	Exd 16:2	And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
	Exd 16:3	And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
	Exd 16:7	And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what [are] we, that ye murmur against us?
	Exd 16:9	And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.
	Exd 17:2	Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
	Exd 17:3	And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
	Deu 9:22	And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath.
	Lam 3:39	Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
	1Cr 10:10	Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
	Jud 1:16	These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

it displeased the LORD

	Gen 38:10	And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
	2Sa 11:27	And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.
	Jam 5:4	Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

and the fire

	Num 16:35	And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
	Lev 10:2	And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.
	Deu 32:22	For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
	2Ki 1:12	And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I [be] a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty.
	Job 1:16	While he [was] yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
	Psa 78:21	Therefore the LORD heard [this], and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
	Psa 106:18	And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked.
	Isa 30:33	For Tophet [is] ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made [it] deep [and] large: the pile thereof [is] fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
	Isa 33:14	The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings?
	Nah 1:5	The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.
	Mar 9:43	And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
	Mar 9:44	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
	Mar 9:45	And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
	Mar 9:46	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
	Mar 9:47	And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
	Mar 9:48	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
	Mar 9:49	For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
	Hbr 12:29	For our God [is] a consuming fire.

the uttermost

Deu 25:18

How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, [even] all [that were] feeble behind thee, when thou [wast] faint and weary; and he feared not God.

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Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 11:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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