22. If we were to kill all the sheep and cattle, that would still not be enough to feed this many people for a month. And if we caught all the fish in the sea, it would not be enough for them!”
23. But the Lord said to Moses, “Don’t limit my power! You will see that I can do what I say I can do.”
24. So Moses went out to speak with the people. He told them what the Lord said. Then he gathered 70 of the elders together and told them to stand around the Tent.
25. Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. He put on the 70 elders some of the same Spirit that was on Moses. After the Spirit came down on them, they began to prophesy. But that was the only time they ever did this.
26. Two of the elders, Eldad and Medad, did not go out to the Tent. Their names were on the list of elders, but they stayed in camp. But the Spirit also came on them, and they began prophesying in camp.
27. A young man ran and told Moses. The man said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in camp.”
28. Joshua son of Nun said to Moses, “Moses, sir, you must stop them!” (Joshua had been Moses’ helper since Joshua was a boy.)
29. But Moses answered, “Are you afraid the people will think that I am not the leader now? I wish that all the Lord’S people were able to prophesy. I wish that the Lord would put his Spirit on all of them!”
30. Then Moses and the leaders of Israel went back to the camp.
31. Then the Lord made a powerful wind to blow in from the sea, and it blew quail into the area all around the camp. There were so many birds that the ground was covered. They were about three feet deep on the ground. There were quail in every direction as far as a man can walk in one day.
32. They went out and gathered quail all that day and all that night. And they gathered quail all the next day too! The smallest amount anyone gathered was 60 bushels. Then the people spread the quail meat all around the camp to dry in the sun.
33. People began to eat the meat, but the Lord became very angry. While the meat was still in their mouths, before the people could finish eating it, the Lord caused the people to become very sick and die.
34. So the people named that place Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried those who had the strong desire for meat.
35. From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth and stayed there.