Taberah (Hebrew: תבערה‎) is one of the locations at which, according to the Book of Numbers, the Israelites passed through during their Exodus journey. The biblical narrative states that the place received its name, which means burning, because Yahweh had set fire to the Israelites there, as vengeance against their continued complaints; the text states that the fire first combusted the people at the outer edges of the Israelite group, and was extinguished when Moses prayed on the people's behalf.