_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._ When the people complained ... Unaccustomed to the fatigues of travel, and wandering... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PEOPLE CRIED UNTO MOSES; AND WHEN MOSES PRAYED UNTO THE LORD, THE FIRE WAS QUENCHED._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_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?_ Mixed multitude ... fell a lusting. These consisted of Egyptians (see the note at Exodus 12:38). To dream of banquets and plenty of animal food in the d... [ Continue Reading ]
_WE REMEMBER THE FISH, WHICH WE DID EAT IN EGYPT FREELY; THE CUCUMBERS, AND THE MELONS, AND THE LEEKS, AND THE ONIONS, AND THE GARLICK:_ We remember the fish - see the note at Exodus 7:21.) All classes among the people of Egypt, except the priests, to whom that food was forbidden (Wilkinson's 'Anci... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT NOW OUR SOUL IS DRIED AWAY: THERE IS NOTHING AT ALL, BESIDE THIS MANNA, BEFORE OUR EYES._ But now ... there is nothing ... besides this manna. Daily familiarity had disgusted them with the sight and taste of the monotonous food; and, ungrateful for the heavenly gift, they longed for a change o... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN MOSES HEARD THE PEOPLE WEEP THROUGHOUT THEIR FAMILIES, EVERY MAN IN THE DOOR OF HIS TENT: AND THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED GREATLY; MOSES ALSO WAS DISPLEASED._ Moses said unto the Lord ... It is impossible not to sympathize with his feelings, although the tone and language of his remonst... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ Gather unto me seventy men of the elders - (see... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAY THOU UNTO THE PEOPLE, SANCTIFY YOURSELVES AGAINST TO MORROW, AND YE SHALL EAT FLESH: FOR YE HAVE WEPT IN THE EARS OF THE LORD, SAYING, WHO SHALL GIVE US FLESH TO EAT? FOR IT WAS WELL WITH US IN EGYPT: THEREFORE THE LORD WILL GIVE YOU FLESH, AND YE SHALL EAT._ Say thou unto the people, Sanc... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND 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._ Moses said ... Shall the flocks and the herds be slain? The great leader, struck with a promise so astonishing as that of suddenly furnishing... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES WENT OUT, AND TOLD THE PEOPLE THE WORDS OF THE LORD, AND GATHERED THE SEVENTY MEN OF THE ELDERS OF THE PEOPLE, AND SET THEM ROUND ABOUT THE TABERNACLE._ Moses ... gathered the seventy ... and set them round about the tabernacle ... That place was chosen for the convocation, because, as i... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD CAME DOWN IN A CLOUD, AND SPAKE UNTO HIM, AND TOOK OF THE SPIRIT THAT WAS UPON HIM, AND GAVE IT UNTO THE SEVENTY ELDERS: AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, WHEN THE SPIRIT RESTED UPON THEM, THEY PROPHESIED, AND DID NOT CEASE._ THE LORD CAME DOWN IN A CLOUD, х_ BE`AANAAN_ (H6051)] - in the clou... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT THERE REMAINED TWO OF THE MEN IN THE CAMP, THE NAME OF THE ONE WAS ELDAD, AND THE NAME OF THE OTHER MEDAD: AND THE SPIRIT RESTED UPON THEM; AND THEY WERE OF THEM THAT WERE WRITTEN, BUT WENT NOT OUT UNTO THE TABERNACLE: AND THEY PROPHESIED IN THE CAMP._ But there remained two. These did not rep... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES GAT HIM INTO THE CAMP, HE AND THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE WENT FORTH A WIND FROM THE LORD, AND BROUGHT QUAILS FROM THE SEA, AND LET THEM FALL BY THE CAMP, AS IT WERE A DAY'S JOURNEY ON THIS SIDE, AND AS IT WERE A DAY'S JOURNEY ON THE OTHER SIDE, ROUND ABOUT THE CAMP, AND AS IT WERE TWO CUBITS HIGH UPON THE FACE OF THE EARTH._ There went forth a... [ Continue Reading ]