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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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MY WRETCHEDNESS. Should be "thy evil", evil being put by Figure of
speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6. One of the eighteen emendations
of the Sopherim. See App-33.
WRETCHEDNESS. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ See...
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AND IF THOU DEAL THUS WITH ME, KILL ME, &C.— "If I must carry this
heavy burden to the end of my days, I entreat of thee, O my God! as an
especial grace, that thou wouldst hasten my last moment, _that...
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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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KILL ME, I PRAY THEE, OUT OF HAND. — Or, _Make an utter end of me.
_...
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וְ אִם ־כָּ֣כָה ׀ אַתְּ ־עֹ֣שֶׂה לִּ֗י
הָרְגֵ֤נִי נָא֙ הָרֹ֔ג אִם ־מָצָ֥אתִי
חֵ֖ן בְּ עֵינֶ֑יךָ...
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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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And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I
have found favour in thy (i) sight; and let me not see my
wretchedness.
(i) I would rather die than see my grief and misery dail...
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_Evils. Hebrew, "my misfortune." The Rabbins say their, or thy, was
formerly written, but corrected by the scribes. (Calmet) --- Moses
fears the anger of God falling upon the people. (Haydock) --- It...
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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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AND IF THOU DEAL THUS WITH ME,.... Let the whole weight of government
lie upon me, and leave the alone to bear it:
KILL ME, I PRAY THEE, OUT OF HAND; take me out of the world at once,
or "kill me now...
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And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I
have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Ver. 15. _And if thou deal thus with me._] Here the word Tho...
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_If thou deal thus with me, kill me_ He begs that God would be pleased
either to ease him of the burdensome charge, or take him out of the
world, and rid him of a life so troublesome and insupportable...
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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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Heb. _my evil_, i.e. my intolerable anguish and torment, arising from
the insuperable difficulty of my office and work of ruling this
people, and from the dread of their utter extirpation which they w...
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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 11:15 treat H6213 (H8802) kill H2026 (H8798) now H2026 found
H4672 (H8804) favor H2580 see H7200 (H8799) wretchedness H7451
kill me - 1 Kings 19:4; Job 3:20-22, Job 6:8-10,...
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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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1 Kings 19:4; James 1:4; Jeremiah 15:18; Jeremiah 20:18; Job 3:20; Job
6:8; Job 7:15; Jonah 4:3; Jonah 4:8; Jonah 4:9;...
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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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My wretchedness — Heb. my evil, my torment, arising from the
insuperable difficulty of my office and work of ruling this people,
and from the dread of their utter extirpation, and the dishonour which...