Numbers 11:4

Moreover the mixed multitude that was in their midst concealed not their lusting,—and so even the sons of Israel, fell away and wept, and said: Who will grant us to eat flesh?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

In Context

3So he called the name of that place, Taberah [="A Burning"] because there burned among them the fire of Yahweh.

5We remember the fish that we did eat in Egypt, without money,—the cucumbers, and the water-melons, and the leeks and the onions, and the garlick.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:3and the sons of Israel said unto them—Oh that we had died by the hand of Yahweh, in the land of Egypt, when we remained by the pot of flesh, when we did eat bread to the full,—for ye have brought us forth into this desert, to cause all this multitude to die by famine.

Leviticus 24:10And forth went the son of a woman of Israel—he being the son of a man of Egypt—in the midst of the sons of Israel;

Numbers 14:1Then did all the assembly lift up, and give forth their voice,—and the people wept throughout that night.

Nehemiah 13:3So it came to pass, when they had heard the law,—that they separated all the mixed multitude from Israel.

Psalms 78:20Lo! he hath smitten a rock, And waters, have gushed out, Yea, torrents, have rushed along,—Food also, can he give? Or provide flesh for his people?

Romans 13:14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and, for the flesh, take not forethought to fulfil its covetings.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:2-4

The Murmurings of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord : and the Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. 2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the Lord , the fire was quenched. 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the Lord burnt among them. Here is, I. The people's sin. They complained, v. 1 . They were,… Read the whole commentary →

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