"Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat."
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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 o...
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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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WHENCE, &C. Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6....
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DISCOURSE: 150
INORDINATE DESIRE PUNISHED
Numbers 11:10. _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:...
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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 signal is given for the breaking up of the camp. This sec...
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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 them. He...
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WHENCE SHOULD I HAVE FLESH...? — Moses does not justify the
murmuring of the people, and was doubtless conscious of their
sinfulness. At the same time, he displays a spirit of discontent, and
almost o...
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מֵ אַ֤יִן לִי֙ בָּשָׂ֔ר לָ תֵ֖ת לְ כָל
־הָ עָ֣ם הַ זֶּ֑ה כִּֽי ־יִבְכּ֤וּ...
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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 bewar...
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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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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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13._Whence should I have flesh to give to all this people? _Justly,
indeed, does he accuse the people, and deny that he is possessed of
flesh wherewith to satisfy so great a multitude; but he is wrong...
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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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WHENCE SHOULD I HAVE FLESH TO GIVE UNTO ALL THIS PEOPLE?.... This
seems to countenance the Israelites in their lusting after flesh, as
if it was no evil in them, and as if it was but right they should...
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_Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they
weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat._
Ver. 13. _Whence should I have flesh._] Lust is unsatisfiable; to go
about it...
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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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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 whe...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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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 11:13 Where H370 meat H1320 give H5414 (H8800) people H5971
weep H1058 (H8799) saying H559 (H8800) Give H5414 (H8798) meat H1320
eat H398 (H8799)
Matthew 15:33; Mark 8:4,...
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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.
Numbers 11:16. _Gather unto me seventy men of the elders._ The Hebrews
always had elders, as appears fr...
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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). They are not satisfied with
G...
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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 Lor...
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Mark 8:4; Mark 9:23; Matthew 15:33...
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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...