Numbers 11:22

Are flocks and herds to be put to death for them? or are all the fish in the sea to be got together so that they may be full?

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In The King James Version

Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

In Context

21Then Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, I will give them flesh to be their food for a month.

23And the Lord said to Moses, Has the Lord's hand become short? Now you will see if my word comes true for you or not.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:13Where am I to get flesh to give to all this people? For they are weeping to me and saying, Give us flesh for our food.

Matthew 15:33And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

Mark 8:4And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?

Luke 1:34And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?

John 6:9There is a boy here with five barley cakes and two fishes: but what is that among such a number?

Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:17-24

Assistance Provided for Moses. ( b. c. 1490.) 16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.… Read the whole commentary →

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