Numbers 11:22

Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? Or shall all the dag (fish) of the yam be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Moshe said, The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 men on foot; and Thou hast said, I will give them basar, that they may eat a whole month.

23And Hashem said unto Moshe, Is the Yad Hashem cut short? + 11:23 i.e., limited in power Thou shalt see now whether My Devar shall come to pass unto thee or not.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:13Where should I get basar to give unto all this people? For they wail unto me, saying, Give us basar, that we may eat.

Matthew 15:33And Moshiachʼs talmidim say to him, From where bamidbar (in the wilderness) is there enough lechem for us to feed such a vast multitude?

Mark 8:4And his talmidim answered him, From where will anyone be able to find enough lechem to feed these ones here in the midbar? + 8:4 Num 11:21

Luke 1:34But Miryam said to the malach, How will this be, vi-bahlt (since) I do not have daas of an ish?

John 6:9There is a na'ar (lad) here who has five barley loaves and two dagim (fish), but what are these for so many? + 6:9 2Kgs 4:43

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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