"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?"
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Verse Numbers 11:22. _SHALL THE FLOCKS AND THE HERDS BE SLAIN_] There
is certainly a considerable measure of _weakness_ and _unbelief_
manifested in the complaints and questions of Moses on this occas...
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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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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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_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 h...
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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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SHALL THE FLOCKS AND THE HERDS..? — Rather, _Shall flocks and
herds_..? The definite article is not used here, nor the possessive
pronoun, as elsewhere, where the flocks and herds of the Israelites
ar...
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הֲ צֹ֧אן וּ בָקָ֛ר יִשָּׁחֵ֥ט לָהֶ֖ם
וּ מָצָ֣א לָהֶ֑ם אִ֣ם אֶֽת ־כָּל
־דְּגֵ֥י הַ...
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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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GOD'S SPIRIT UPON THE SEVENTY
Numbers 11:16
God's considerateness for His overwrought servant was very tender. He
knows our frame and remembers that we are dust. He does not chide, nor
keep His ange...
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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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_Fishes. Moses does not distinguish them from flesh, no more than St.
Paul does, 1 Corinthians xv. 39. Fish was not formerly allowed on
fasting days. (Calmet)_...
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Reader! do not overlook the weakness of Moses' faith in this instance.
Is this the same person who at the LORD'S command fetched water from
the very rock? Learn from hence what man is when left to him...
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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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SHALL THE FLOCKS AND THE HERDS BE SLAIN FOR THEM, TO SUFFICE THEM?....
Suggesting that if all their cattle, their sheep, and oxen were
killed, which they and the mixed multitude brought out of Egypt,...
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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?
Ver. 22. _Or shall all the fish of the sea._] Moses...
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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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16-23 Moses is to choose such as he knew to be elders, that is, wise
and experienced men. God promises to qualify them. If they were not
found fit for the employ, they should be made fit. Even the
dis...
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Will they be sufficient for them? or where shall they have more?...
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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 11:22 flocks H6629 herds H1241 slaughtered H7819 (H8735)
enough H4672 (H8804) fish H1709 sea H3220 together H622 (H8735) enough
H4672 (H8804)
2 Kings 7:2; Matthew 15:33; Mark 6:37,...
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YAHWEH'S RESPONSE TO MOSES: THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SEVENTY ELDERS AND
THE PEOPLE WILL HAVE FOOD (NUMBERS 11:16).
At Moses' plea Yahweh graciously responded to both his problems, not
by killing him, b...
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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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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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2 Kings 7:2; John 6:6; John 6:7; John 6:9; Luke 1:18; Luke 1:34; Mark
6:37; Mark 8:4; Matthew 15:33...