Numbers 11:1

Good News Translation

The people began to complain to the Lord about their troubles. When the Lord heard them, he became angry and sent fire on the people. It burned among them and destroyed one end of the camp.

Cross References

Genesis 38:10

What he did displeased the Lord, and the Lord killed him also.

2 Samuel 11:27

When the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to the palace; she became his wife and bore him a son. But the Lord was not pleased with what David had done.

2 Kings 1:12

“If I am a man of God,” Elijah answered, “may fire come down from heaven and kill you and your men!” At once the fire of God came down and killed the officer and his men.

Job 1:16

Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, “Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”

Psalm 106:18

fire came down on their followers and burned up those wicked people.

Psalm 78:21

And so the Lord was angry when he heard them; he attacked his people with fire, and his anger against them grew,

Psalm 78:63

Young men were killed in war, and young women had no one to marry.

Exodus 16:7

In the morning you will see the dazzling light of the Lord's presence. He has heard your complaints against him—yes, against him, because we are only carrying out his instructions.”

Exodus 16:9

Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole community to come and stand before the Lord, because he has heard their complaints.”

Isaiah 10:17

God, the light of Israel, will become a fire. Israel's holy God will become a flame, which in a single day will burn up everything, even the thorns and thistles.

Isaiah 30:33

Long ago a place was prepared where a huge fire will burn the emperor of Assyria. It is deep and wide, and piled high with wood. The Lord will breathe out a stream of flame to set it on fire.

Isaiah 33:14

The sinful people of Zion are trembling with fright. They say, “God's judgment is like a fire that burns forever. Can any of us survive a fire like that?”

Lamentations 3:39

Why should we ever complain when we are punished for our sin?

Ezekiel 20:36

I will now condemn you just as I condemned your ancestors in the Sinai Desert,” says the Sovereign Lord.

Leviticus 10:2

Suddenly the Lord sent fire, and it burned them to death there in the presence of the Lord.

Nahum 1:5

Mountains quake in the presence of the Lord; hills melt before him. The earth shakes when the Lord appears; the world and all its people tremble.

Habakkuk 3:5

He sends disease before him and commands death to follow him.

Numbers 10:33

When the people left Sinai, the holy mountain, they traveled three days. The Lord's Covenant Box always went ahead of them to find a place for them to camp.

Numbers 11:18

Now tell the people, ‘Purify yourselves for tomorrow; you will have meat to eat. The Lord has heard you whining and saying that you wished you had some meat and that you were better off in Egypt. Now the Lord will give you meat, and you will have to eat it.

Numbers 12:2

They said, “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Hasn't he also spoken through us?” The Lord heard what they said. (

Numbers 14:2

They complained against Moses and Aaron, and said, “It would have been better to die in Egypt or even here in the wilderness!

Numbers 14:22

none of these people will live to enter that land. They have seen the dazzling light of my presence and the miracles that I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but they have tried my patience over and over again and have refused to obey me.

Numbers 14:27

“How much longer are these wicked people going to complain against me? I have heard enough of these complaints!

Numbers 14:28

Now give them this answer: ‘I swear that as surely as I live, I will do to you just what you have asked. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Numbers 16:11

When you complain against Aaron, it is really against the Lord that you and your followers are rebelling.”

Numbers 16:35

Then the Lord sent a fire that blazed out and burned up the 250 men who had presented the incense.

Numbers 17:5

Then the stick of the man I have chosen will sprout. In this way I will put a stop to the constant complaining of these Israelites against you.”

Numbers 21:5

and spoke against God and Moses. They complained, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We can't stand any more of this miserable food!”

1 Corinthians 10:10

We must not complain, as some of them did—and they were destroyed by the Angel of Death.

Deuteronomy 25:18

They had no fear of God, and so they attacked you from the rear when you were tired and exhausted, and killed all who were straggling behind.

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger will flame up like fire and burn everything on earth. It will reach to the world below and consume the roots of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 9:22

“You also made the Lord your God angry when you were at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah.

Hebrews 12:29

because our God is indeed a destroying fire.

James 5:4

You have not paid any wages to those who work in your fields. Listen to their complaints! The cries of those who gather in your crops have reached the ears of God, the Lord Almighty.

Jude 1:16

These people are always grumbling and blaming others; they follow their own evil desires; they brag about themselves and flatter others in order to get their own way.