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Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah.
Numbers 11:4
THE MIXT MULTITUDE - The word in the original resembles our
“riff-raff,” and denotes a mob of people scraped together. It
refers here to the multitude of...
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II. THE JOURNEY STARTED: ISRAEL'S UNBELIEF, FAILURE AND PUNISHMENT
1. The Departure and the First Failure
CHAPTER 10:11-36
_ 1. The cloud moves (Numbers 10:11)_
2. The standard of the camp of Juda...
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NUMBERS 11:4 (JE). THE PEOPLE'S LUST FOR FLESH AND MOSES-' COMPLAINT
OF HIS EXCESSIVE BURDEN. This section is a combination of two
narratives (from J and E), relating (1) a demand of the people for
fl...
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IT IS. the burden is. The _Ellipsis_ to be supplied according to
App-6....
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I AM NOT ABLE TO BEAR ALL THIS PEOPLE ALONE— Though Moses, by
Jethro's advice, had appointed several persons to assist him, Exodus
18:21 yet all the weighty and difficult causes were still brought
bef...
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E. BITTER EXPERIENCE AT THE GRAVES OF LUST (KIBROTH-HATTAAVAH), vv.
4-35
TEXT
Numbers 11:4. And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a
lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and...
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_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 ......
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JOURNEYINGS FROM SINAI TO MOAB (NUMBERS 10:11 TO NUMBERS 22:1)
After a stay at Sinai of nearly a year (cp. Numbers 10:11 with Exodus
19:1) the s
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 11
GOD SENDS FIRE – NUMBERS 11:1-3
V1 The people started to complain about their problems. The *LORD
heard the
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TO BEAR ALL THIS PEOPLE ALONE. — In accordance with the advice of
Jethro, able men had been chosen out of all Israel who heard and
determined the small matters which arose among them (Exodus 18:25),
b...
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לֹֽא ־אוּכַ֤ל אָנֹכִי֙ לְ בַדִּ֔י לָ
שֵׂ֖את
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THE STRAIN OF THE DESERT JOURNEY
Numbers 11:1
THE narrative has accompanied the march of Israel but a short way from
the mount of God to some spot marked for an encampment by the ark of
the covenant,...
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THE MURMURING FLESH-LOVERS
Numbers 11:1
We cannot wonder at the people's murmuring. They were unaccustomed to
the fatigues of the desert, and had not realized the length of the
journey. Let us beware...
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Here we enter upon the second section in the Book of Numbers, in which
is revealed the failure of man. The first evidence was discontent,
resulting unquestionably from the hardship of life.
This was...
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_For me. Had he not the judges, whom Jethro advised him to appoint?
But all matters of consequence were still brought to Moses. He was
made answerable for all things._...
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Let us pause over these verses to lament the corruptions and
imperfections of our poor fallen nature, which we behold even in so
great a man as Moses bursting forth so unseemly. Alas! what is man in
h...
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The previous portion of the Book of Numbers, viewed as a history, has
evidently a prefatory character, however important and divinely wise.
It is in a great measure preparatory for that which we have...
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We are now brought to turn our thoughts in another direction-to see
the conduct of the people in the wilderness, and alas! what is it
except a history of unfaithfulness and rebellion? Let us add, howe...
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I AM NOT ABLE TO BEAR ALL THIS PEOPLE ALONE,.... The burden of
government of them, to take care of them and provide sustenance for
them; but he was not alone, for, not to take notice of the rulers and...
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_Every man in the door of his tent_ To denote they were not ashamed of
their sin. _Have I not found favour_ Why didst thou not hear my prayer
when I desired thou wouldst excuse me, and commit the care...
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1 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses prayer.
4 The people lust for flesh, and loth Manna.
10 Moses complayneth of his charge.
16 God diuideth his burden vnto seuentie Elders.
31 Quailes are...
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I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy
for me; his feeble strength could not hold up the burden which had
been laid upon him....
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MOSES IS GIVEN ASSISTANTS...
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COMPLAINT ANSWERED BY FIRE
(vs.1-3)
Israel had reason for profound thanksgiving to the Lord, as believers
certainly have today. Yet now they complained (v.1) without any reason
for it. It is sad when...
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10-15 The provocation was very great; yet Moses expressed himself
otherwise than became him. He undervalued the honour God had put upon
him. He magnified his own performances, while he had the Divine...
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ALL THIS PEOPLE, i.e. the burden of providing for and satisfying of
them. OBJECT. How was he alone, when there were others added to help
him, EXODUS 18:21,24 ? ANSW. Those were only assistant to him i...
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Hitherto we have been occupied, in our study of this book, with God's
mode of ordering and providing for His people in the wilderness. We
have travelled over the first ten Chapter s and seen in them t...
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Numbers 11:14 able H3201 (H8799) bear H5375 (H8800) people H5971 alone
H905 heavy H3515...
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THE GRUMBLING AGAIN FLARES UP: MURMURING FOR MEAT INSTEAD OF MANNA
(NUMBERS 11:4).
What follows brings home to us something of the condition of many of
the people. They were not on the whole a people...
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CONTENTS: Complaints about the manna and the consequences.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Eldad, Medad, Joshua.
CONCLUSION: Though God graciously gives us leave to complain to Him
when there is cause, yet...
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Numbers 11:7. _The manna._ See Exodus 14:15. and 31. _Bdellium._ See
Genesis 2:12; Exodus 28:19....
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_Wherefore hast Thou afflicted Thy servant?_
THE SUFFERINGS OF THE GOOD IN THE PATH OF DUTY
I. Look at the afflictions of godly men in the path of duty as a fact.
1. Good men suffer afflictions.
2...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 11:4 The people complain about the monotony
of their diet of manna. What they really want, however, are the
pleasures of EGYPT (vv. Numbers 11:4
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Numbers 11:1. “_And when the people complained,”_ etc. Margin:
“the people were, as it were, complainers.” _Speaker’s Comm_.:
“And the people were as those that complai...
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EXPOSITION
KIBROTH HATTAAVAH (Numbers 11:4).
NUMBERS 11:4
THE MIXED MULTITUDE. Hebrew, _ha_-_saphsuph, _the gathered; the
rift-raft, or rabble, which had followed the fortunes of Israel out of
Egypt...
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This time let's turn to Numbers chapter eleven.
In reading Numbers eleven through twenty, I see a pattern emerging, a
pattern of chronic complaining, as the people are now complaining
against the Lord...
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2 Corinthians 2:16; Deuteronomy 1:9; Exodus 18:18; Isaiah 9:6;...
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TROUBLES AND TESTINGS BY THE WAY
Numbers 11:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Our last study was a study of Numbers 9:1. We are skipping over the
10th chapter and preparing to consider chapter 11. There are, ho...
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To bear — The burden of providing for and satisfying them. Alone —
Others were only assistant to him in smaller matters; but the harder
and greater affairs, such as this unquestionably was, were broug...