Gen Z: Numbers 11
1When the squad started complaining, it was a whole vibe check for the Lord; He heard them and got mad, and His fire popped off and roasted the people at the back of the camp.
2The crew cried to Moses, and when he prayed to the Lord, the fire was like, "Nah, we chill now."
3He named the spot Taberah 'cause the Lord's fire was lit there.
4The mixed crowd was getting all extra, and the Israelites started crying again, like, "Who’s gonna hook us up with some meat?"
5We remember the fish we used to munch on in Egypt; the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic were all bussin'.
6But now we’re feeling all dried up; it’s just this manna in front of us, and it’s kinda sus.
7The manna was like coriander seed, and it looked all fancy like bdellium.
8The people were out here gathering it, grinding it, baking it, and making cakes; it tasted like fresh oil, no cap.
9When the dew hit the camp at night, the manna dropped like it was meant to be.
10Moses heard the fam crying at their tents, and the Lord got super mad; Moses was feeling some type of way too.
11Moses was like, "Yo, God, why you gotta put this stress on me? Where's my favor at? This burden's too much, fr."
12"Did I birth all these people? Am I their dad? Why you telling me to carry them like a baby to the promised land?"
13"Where am I supposed to get meat for all these peeps? They're crying for food, saying, 'Feed us, we hungry!'"
14"I can't handle all these folks by myself, it's way too heavy, no cap."
15"If you’re gonna keep it up like this, just take me out, please. If I got your favor, I don't wanna see my struggle."
16God told Moses, "Gather 70 of the elders from Israel, the ones you know are legit, and bring them to the tabernacle so they can vibe with you."
17"I’ll roll down and chat with you there, take some of your spirit and put it on them, so they can help carry the load with you."
18"Tell the people to get ready for tomorrow, they gonna eat meat. They’ve been crying to me like, 'Who’s gonna feed us?' They miss Egypt, so I’ll hook them up."
19"You ain't just eating for a day or two, not even five or ten days;"
20"But for a whole month, till it’s coming outta your nose and you can’t stand it, ‘cause you’ve dissed the Lord who’s with you, crying about Egypt."
21Moses was like, "Yo, there’s six hundred thousand peeps here, and you said you’d hook them up with meat for a whole month. No cap."
22"You tryna kill all the flocks and herds for them, or gather all the fish in the sea? Like, is that even possible?"
23And the Lord was like, "Is my hand too short? You’ll see if my word hits different or nah."
24Moses bounced out and dropped the Lord's message to the squad, gathering the seventy elders and setting them around the tabernacle.
25Then the Lord showed up in a cloud, spoke to Moses, took some of his spirit, and gave it to the seventy elders. They started prophesying and didn’t stop.
26But two dudes stayed in the camp, Eldad and Medad, and the spirit was on them too. They didn’t roll out to the tabernacle but were still prophesying in the camp.
27A young dude ran over to Moses and said, "Eldad and Medad are out here prophesying in the camp!"
28And Joshua, Moses' young homie, was like, "Yo, Moses, tell them to chill."
29Moses replied, "You jealous for me? I wish all the Lord's people were prophets and that He’d put His spirit on them!"
30Moses went back into the camp with the elders of Israel.
31A wind rolled in from the Lord, bringing quails from the sea, and they fell all around the camp, like a day’s journey on each side, chillin' two cubits high on the ground.
32The people were up all day, all night, and into the next day, gathering quails: the least gathered ten homers, and they spread them everywhere around the camp.
33While they were munching on the meat, before they even chewed, the Lord got mad at the people and hit them with a major plague.
34He named that spot Kibroth–hattaavah: 'cause that's where they buried the peeps who were super thirsty.
35The crew moved from Kibroth–hattaavah to Hazeroth and set up camp there.