Numbers 11:22

Shall the flocks and herds, be slaughtered for them, that it may suffice for them? Shall all the fishes of the sea, be gathered together unto them that it may suffice for them?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, Six hundred thousand footmen, are the people in whose midst am, I, yet thou hast said—Flesh, will I give unto them, and they shall eat for a month of days.

23Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Shall the hand of Yahweh, fail? Now, shalt thou see whether my word come to pass unto thee or not.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:13Whence should, I, have flesh to give to all this people,—for they keep weeping by me saying, Oh give us flesh that we may eat!

Matthew 15:33And his disciples say unto him—Whence, to us, in a wilderness, loaves in such numbers as to fill a multitude, so great?

Mark 8:4And his disciples answered him—Whence shall any one be able, here, to fill, these, with bread, in a desert?

Luke 1:34But Mary said unto the messenger—How, shall this thing be, seeing that, a man, I know not?

John 6:9There is a little lad here, that hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes,—but, these,—what are they, for such numbers?

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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