Numbers 11:22

Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice for them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered for them, to suffice for them?

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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, The people among whom I am , are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.

23And the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD'S hand shortened? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass to thee, or not.

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Cross References

Numbers 11:13Whence should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

Matthew 15:33And his disciples say to him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to satisfy so great a multitude?

Mark 8:4And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?

Luke 1:34Then said Mary to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

John 6:9There is a lad here, who hath five barley-loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they 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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