And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that craved.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
The graves of lust; or the sepulchres of concupiscence: so called from their irregular desire of flesh. In Hebrew Ki broth Hatta Avah. (Challoner)
Hence St. Augustine observes that, "it is not a matter of so much moment to be heard by God. For some he hears in his wrath, granting their requests, while he refuses to comply with some petitions of his friends. "(Du Hamel)
How is it that the graves of lust where the people fell in their devotion to flesh remain even to this day in the wilderness? Do we not read that the stupid people gorged themselves with quails until the wrath of God came upon them? Against Jovinian
