34 Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah,[1] because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

Other Translations of Numbers 11:34

King James Version

34 And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: Kibrothhattaavah: that is, The graves of lust because there they buried the people that lusted.

English Standard Version

34 Therefore the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah,Kibroth-hattaavah means graves of craving because there they buried the people who had the craving.

The Message

34 They ended up calling the place Kibroth Hattaavah (Graves-of-the-Craving). There they buried the people who craved meat.

New King James Version

34 So he called the name of that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had yielded to craving.

New Living Translation

34 So that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah (which means "graves of gluttony") because there they buried the people who had craved meat from Egypt.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 11:34

Commentary on Numbers 11:31-35

(Read Numbers 11:31-35)

God performed his promise to the people, in giving them flesh. How much more diligent men are in collecting the meat that perishes, than in labouring for meat which endures to everlasting life! We are quick-sighted in the affairs of time; but stupidity blinds us as to the concerns of eternity. To pursue worldly advantages, we need no arguments; but when we are to secure the true riches, then we are all forgetfulness. Those who are under the power of a carnal mind, will have their lusts fulfilled, though it be to the certain damage and ruin of their precious souls. They paid dearly for their feasts. God often grants the desires of sinners in wrath, while he denies the desires of his own people in love. What we unduly desire, if we obtain it, we have reason to fear, will be some way or other a grief and cross to us. And what multitudes there are in all places, who shorten their lives by excess of one kind or other! Let us seek for those pleasures which satisfy, but never surfeit; and which will endure for evermore.