Numbers 11:22

Shall then a multitude of sheep and oxen be killed, that it may suffice for their food? or shall the fishes of the sea be gathered together to fill them?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

21And Moses said: There are six hundred thousand footmen of this people, and sayest thou: I will give them flesh to eat a whole month?

23And the Lord answered him: Is the hand of the Lord unable? Thou shalt presently see whether my word shall come to pass or no.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:13Whence should I have flesh to give to so great a multitude? they weep against me, saying: Give us flesh that we may eat.

Matthew 15:33And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?

Mark 8:4And his disciples answered him: From whence can any one fill them here with bread in the wilderness?

Luke 1:34And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know not man?

John 6:9There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves, and two fishes; but what are these among so many?

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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