Numbers · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Numbers 11 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 El pueblo comenzó a quejarse de sus dificultades. Cuando el Señor los oyó, se encendió su ira. El fuego del Señor ardió entre ellos y consumió una parte del campamento.
1 The people were complaining in the ears of Yahweh. When Yahweh heard it, his anger burned; and Yahweh’s fire burned among them, and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp.
2 Entonces el pueblo clamó a Moisés. Moisés oró al Señor, y el fuego se apagó.
2 The people cried to Moses; and Moses prayed to Yahweh, and the fire abated.
3 Por eso aquel lugar recibió el nombre de Taberá, porque el fuego del Señor había ardido entre ellos.
3 The name of that place was called Taberah, because Yahweh’s fire burned among them.
4 La gente de otros pueblos que iba con ellos comenzó a desear otros alimentos. Entonces también los israelitas volvieron a llorar y dijeron: «¡Quién nos diera carne para comer!
4 The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly; and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?
5 Recordamos el pescado que comíamos gratis en Egipto, y también los pepinos, melones, puerros, cebollas y ajos.
5 We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
6 Pero ahora estamos débiles. No vemos nada excepto este maná».
6 but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at.”
7 El maná era parecido a la semilla de cilantro y tenía el aspecto de una resina clara.
7 The manna was like coriander seed, and it looked like bdellium.
8 El pueblo iba de un lado a otro para recogerlo. Lo molían en molinos o lo machacaban en morteros. Después lo cocinaban en ollas y hacían tortas con él. Su sabor era como el de una torta hecha con aceite.
8 The people went around, gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it. Its taste was like the taste of fresh oil.
9 Cuando el rocío caía sobre el campamento durante la noche, también caía el maná.
9 When the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it.
10 Moisés oyó al pueblo llorar, familia por familia, cada uno a la entrada de su tienda. La ira del Señor se encendió con fuerza, y Moisés también se disgustó.
10 Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and Yahweh’s anger burned greatly; and Moses was displeased.
11 Moisés dijo al Señor: «¿Por qué has tratado tan mal a tu siervo? ¿Por qué no he hallado favor ante ti, para que pongas sobre mí la carga de todo este pueblo?
11 Moses said to Yahweh, “Why have you treated your servant so badly? Why haven’t I found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me?
12 ¿Acaso yo concebí a todo este pueblo? ¿Acaso yo lo di a luz, para que me digas que lo lleve en mis brazos, como una nodriza lleva a un niño, hasta la tierra que prometiste bajo juramento a sus antepasados?
12 Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them out, that you should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which you swore to their fathers’?
13 ¿De dónde voy a conseguir carne para dar a todo este pueblo? Ellos lloran delante de mí y dicen: “Danos carne para comer”.
13 Where could I get meat to give all these people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’
14 Yo solo no puedo llevar a todo este pueblo. Es una carga demasiado pesada para mí.
14 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.
15 Si vas a tratarme así, y si he hallado favor ante ti, te ruego que me quites la vida ahora mismo, para que no tenga que seguir viendo mi desgracia».
15 If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don’t let me see my wretchedness.”
16 El Señor dijo a Moisés: «Reúne para mí a setenta ancianos de Israel, hombres que tú sepas que son ancianos y dirigentes del pueblo. Llévalos a la Tienda de reunión y haz que se presenten allí contigo.
16 Yahweh said to Moses, “Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting, that they may stand there with you.
17 Yo bajaré y hablaré contigo allí. Tomaré del espíritu que está sobre ti y lo pondré sobre ellos. Ellos llevarán contigo la carga del pueblo, para que no tengas que llevarla tú solo.
17 I will come down and talk with you there. I will take of the Spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you don’t bear it yourself alone.
18 Dile al pueblo: “Conságrense para mañana, porque comerán carne. El Señor los oyó cuando lloraban y decían: ‘¡Quién nos diera carne para comer! Estábamos mejor en Egipto’. Por eso el Señor les dará carne y la comerán.
18 “Say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, and you will eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.” Therefore Yahweh will give you meat, and you will eat.
19 No la comerán solo un día, ni dos, ni cinco, ni diez, ni veinte,
19 You will not eat just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,
20 sino durante un mes entero, hasta que les salga por la nariz y les dé asco, porque rechazaron al Señor, que está en medio de ustedes, y lloraron delante de él diciendo: ‘¿Para qué salimos de Egipto?’”».
20 but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have rejected Yahweh who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?”’”
21 Moisés respondió: «Aquí hay seiscientos mil hombres de a pie, y tú dices: “Les daré carne para que coman durante un mes entero”.
21 Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month.’
22 ¿Habría suficiente si se mataran para ellos todos los rebaños y manadas? ¿Habría suficiente si se recogieran para ellos todos los peces del mar?»
22 Shall flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?”
23 El Señor respondió a Moisés: «¿Acaso el poder del Señor tiene límites? Ahora verás si mi palabra se cumple o no».
23 Yahweh said to Moses, “Has Yahweh’s hand grown short? Now you will see whether my word will happen to you or not.”
24 Moisés salió y comunicó al pueblo las palabras del Señor. Reunió a setenta ancianos del pueblo y los colocó alrededor de la Tienda.
24 Moses went out, and told the people Yahweh’s words; and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them around the Tent.
25 Entonces el Señor bajó en la nube y habló con Moisés. Tomó del espíritu que estaba sobre él y lo puso sobre los setenta ancianos. Cuando el espíritu descansó sobre ellos, profetizaron, pero no volvieron a hacerlo.
25 Yahweh came down in the cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was on him, and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did so no more.
26 Dos hombres, llamados Eldad y Medad, se habían quedado en el campamento. Estaban entre los que habían sido escogidos, pero no habían ido a la Tienda. El espíritu descansó también sobre ellos, y profetizaron en el campamento.
26 But two men remained in the camp. The name of one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad; and the Spirit rested on them. They were of those who were written, but had not gone out to the Tent; and they prophesied in the camp.
27 Un joven corrió y le dijo a Moisés: «¡Eldad y Medad están profetizando en el campamento!»
27 A young man ran, and told Moses, and said, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!”
28 Josué hijo de Nun, ayudante de Moisés desde su juventud, dijo: «Moisés, mi señor, ¡detenlos!»
28 Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, “My lord Moses, forbid them!”
29 Pero Moisés respondió: «¿Estás celoso por mí? ¡Ojalá todo el pueblo del Señor fuera profeta y el Señor pusiera su espíritu sobre todos ellos!»
29 Moses said to him, “Are you jealous for my sake? I wish that all Yahweh’s people were prophets, that Yahweh would put his Spirit on them!”
30 Entonces Moisés regresó al campamento junto con los ancianos de Israel.
30 Moses went into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.
31 Un viento enviado por el Señor trajo codornices desde el mar y las dejó caer alrededor del campamento, hasta una distancia de un día de camino en todas direcciones y hasta unos dos codos sobre el suelo.
31 A wind from Yahweh went out and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day’s journey on this side, and a day’s journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.
32 El pueblo estuvo levantado todo aquel día, toda la noche y todo el día siguiente recogiendo codornices. El que menos recogió reunió diez hómeres. Luego las extendieron alrededor del campamento.
32 The people rose up all that day, and all of that night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails. He who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them all out for themselves around the camp.
33 Pero mientras todavía tenían la carne entre los dientes, antes de terminar de comerla, la ira del Señor se encendió contra el pueblo y el Señor los castigó con una plaga muy grave.
33 While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, Yahweh’s anger burned against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.
34 Por eso aquel lugar recibió el nombre de Quibrot-hataavá, porque allí enterraron a la gente que había deseado otros alimentos.
34 The name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people who lusted.
35 De Quibrot-hataavá el pueblo fue a Hazerot y se quedó allí.
35 From Kibroth Hattaavah the people traveled to Hazeroth; and they stayed at Hazeroth.
People & places in this chapter
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Eldad
One of two men who remained in the camp when the seventy elders went out to the Tent, yet received the Spirit like them and prophesied in the camp.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 11:26–27
Medad
One of two men who remained in the camp when the seventy elders went out to the Tent, yet received the Spirit like them and prophesied in the camp.
Cited in the guide: Numbers 11:26–27
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Numbers 21:5; 2 Kings 1:12; Numbers 16:35; Exodus 16:9; 1 Corinthians 10:10
- 2 Numbers 21:7; James 5:16; Numbers 16:45–48; Exodus 32:31–32; Exodus 32:10–14
- 3 Deuteronomy 9:22
- 4 1 Corinthians 10:6; Exodus 12:38; Psalm 106:14; Psalm 78:18–20; 1 Corinthians 15:33
- 5 Exodus 16:3; Psalm 17:14; Philippians 3:19
- 6 Numbers 21:5; 2 Samuel 13:4
- 7 Exodus 16:31; Exodus 16:14–15; Genesis 2:12; 1 Corinthians 1:23–24; Revelation 2:17
- 8 Exodus 16:31; Exodus 16:16–18; John 6:27; Exodus 16:23; John 6:33–58
- 9 Exodus 16:13–14; Psalm 78:23–25; Psalm 105:40; Deuteronomy 32:2
- 10 Psalm 78:21; Numbers 16:27; Numbers 20:10–13; Psalm 106:32–33; Psalm 139:21
- 11 Deuteronomy 1:12; Exodus 5:22; Job 10:2; 2 Corinthians 11:28; Jeremiah 15:10
- 12 Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 40:11; Exodus 13:5; 1 Thessalonians 2:7; Genesis 50:24
- 13 Matthew 15:33; Mark 8:4; John 6:5–9; Mark 9:23
- 14 Exodus 18:18; Deuteronomy 1:9–12; Zechariah 6:13; 2 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 9:6
- 15 Jonah 4:3; 1 Kings 19:4; Philippians 1:20–24; Jonah 4:8–9; Jeremiah 20:18
- 16 Exodus 24:1; Exodus 24:9; Deuteronomy 16:18; Genesis 46:27; Luke 10:17
- 17 1 Samuel 10:6; Numbers 11:25; 1 Corinthians 12:4–11; 2 Kings 2:9; 2 Kings 2:15
- 18 Exodus 19:10; Acts 7:39; Exodus 16:3–7; Numbers 11:4–6; Numbers 11:1
- 20 Psalm 106:15; Numbers 21:5; Psalm 78:27–30; 1 Samuel 10:19; Acts 13:41
- 21 Exodus 12:37; Numbers 1:46; Genesis 12:2; Exodus 38:26; Numbers 2:32
- 22 2 Kings 7:2; Matthew 15:33; Luke 1:18; Luke 1:34; John 6:6–7
- 23 Isaiah 59:1; Isaiah 50:2; Genesis 18:14; Luke 1:37; Numbers 23:19
- 24 Numbers 11:16; Numbers 11:26
- 25 Numbers 11:17; Joel 2:28–29; 1 Samuel 10:10; Numbers 12:5; 1 Corinthians 14:1–3
- 26 Jeremiah 36:5; 1 Samuel 20:26; 1 Samuel 10:22; Exodus 3:11; Exodus 4:13–14
- 28 Luke 9:49–50; Mark 9:38–40; John 3:26; Joshua 1:1; Exodus 33:11
- 29 1 Corinthians 14:5; Matthew 9:37–38; James 4:5; Luke 10:2; James 5:9
- 31 Exodus 16:13; Psalm 78:26–29; Psalm 105:40; Exodus 15:10; Psalm 135:7
- 32 Ezekiel 45:11; Exodus 16:36
- 33 Psalm 78:30–31; Psalm 106:14–15; Numbers 25:9; Numbers 16:49; Deuteronomy 28:27
- 34 Deuteronomy 9:22; 1 Corinthians 10:6; Numbers 33:16
- 35 Numbers 33:17; Numbers 12:16; Deuteronomy 1:1
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… the outward act, the broth to the allurement of lust within, as it is written, And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting; and the children of Israel also wept again and again and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?' When the angel, then, stretched out his staff and touched the rock, and fire rose …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
The seventy Elders were chosen; And the Lord came down in a cloud, and took of the Spirit that was upon Moses, and put it upon the seventy Elders; not that the Spirit was divided, but that His grace was distributed in proportion to the vessels, and the capacity of the recipients.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
They were called, and they came not; my lord Moses, forbid them." "I cannot forbid them," he says, "for this grace is from Heaven; nay, so far am I from forbidding them, that I myself am thankful for it.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
Wait for the proper season; and oh that all the Lord's people may be prophets, whenever the Lord shall give His Spirit upon them!" saying this also prophetically, whenever the Lord shall give; "For as yet then He has not given it; so thou hast it not yet."--Had not then Abraham this, and Isaac, and Jacob, and Joseph?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)