Numbers 11:19

You will not eat just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,

World English Bible British

In The King James Version

Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

In Context

18“Say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, and you will eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.” Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.

20but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have rejected the LORD who is amongst you, and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?”’”

Read all of Numbers 11

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Numbers 11:19