28. So Joshua, son of Nun, who had been Moses’ assistant ever since he was a young man, spoke up and said, “Stop them, sir!”
29. But Moses asked him, “Do you think you need to stand up for me? I wish all the Lord’s people were prophets and that the Lord would put his Spirit on them.”
30. Then Moses and the leaders went back to the camp.
31. The Lord sent a wind from the sea that brought quails and dropped them all around the camp. There were quails on the ground about three feet deep as far as you could walk in a day in any direction.
32. All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered the quails. No one gathered less than 60 bushels. Then they spread the quails out all around the camp.
33. While the meat was still in their mouths—before they had even had a chance to chew it—the Lord became angry with the people and struck them with a severe plague.
34. That place was called Kibroth Hattaavah [Graves of Those Who Craved ⌊Meat⌋] because there they buried the people who had a strong craving ⌊for meat⌋.
35. From Kibroth Hattaavah the people moved to Hazeroth, and they stayed there.