Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 11

This is a synoptic biblical text presenting Numbers 11 in two parallel versions: the King James Version with Strong's Concordance numbers interleaved, and the Greek Septuagint (LXX). It is a scholarly reference format used for cross-version textual comparison of the Hebrew Bible. The passage narrates a crisis of faith and leadership during the Israelites' wilderness wandering: the people complain bitterly about the monotony of manna and nostalgically idealize their diet in Egypt (fish, cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, garlic), demanding meat. God responds in anger, and Moses, overwhelmed, protests to God that the burden of leading 600,000 people alone is unbearable and asks to die rather than continue. God addresses both problems: he distributes Moses' spirit across seventy appointed elders (who then prophesy, including two—Eldad and Medad—who prophesy outside the official assembly), and he sends a massive quail migration to satisfy the people's craving for meat. The passage's most distinctive moment is Moses' response to Joshua's attempt to suppress the unauthorized prophesying of Eldad and Medad: Moses rebukes Joshua and expresses the wish that all of God's people were prophets. The episode ends grimly—God strikes the people with plague while the quail flesh is still between their teeth, and the place is named "Kibroth-hattaavah" (graves of craving). The dual-text format makes this useful for readers studying translation differences between the Hebrew tradition and the early Greek translation.

Polyglot Bible: Numbers: Numbers 11

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