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Verse Numbers 11:33. _THE WRATH OF THE LORD WAS KINDLED_] In what way,
and with what effects, we cannot precisely determine. Some heavy
judgment fell upon those murmurers and complainers, but of what...
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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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FLESH. Compare Psalms 78:27....
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AND WHILE THE FLESH WAS YET BETWEEN THEIR TEETH, &C.— It is
impossible to determine, as Calmet justly remarks, how many days they
used this food, or what was the plague wherewith the Lord smote them....
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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 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, R...
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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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WITH A VERY GREAT PLAGUE. — The noun, _maccah._ plague, is cognate
to the verb which is rendered _smote._ It is frequently used of a
stroke inflicted by God, as, _e.g.,_ pestilence or any epidemic
sic...
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הַ בָּשָׂ֗ר עֹודֶ֨נּוּ֙ בֵּ֣ין
שִׁנֵּיהֶ֔ם טֶ֖רֶם יִכָּרֵ֑ת וְ אַ֤ף
יְהוָה֙ חָרָ֣ה בָ † עָ֔ם...
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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 GRAVES OF LUST”
Numbers 11:26
It is delightful to note the proof of the nobility of Moses' nature in
the answer he gave to the tidings concerning Eldad and Medad. They
might not be of the desig...
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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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_Plague of fire, ver. 3, Psalm lxxvii. 21. (Cornelius a Lapide) ---
Failed, after the month was expired. (Menochius) --- They had been
accustomed to live upon manna, which was a light food, during the...
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Reader! behold again in this instance the awful consequence in having
our carnal, ungovernable appetites gratified. LORD! do thou regulate
our inordinate affections, and bring every thought and desire...
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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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33._And while the flesh was yet between their teeth. _Moses does not
specify any particular day; but only that God did not wait till
satiety had produced disgust, but inflicted the punishment in the
m...
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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 WHILE THE FLESH [WAS] YET BETWEEN THEIR TEETH,.... When they had
just got it into their mouths, and were about to bite it:
ERE IT WAS CHEWED; or "cut off"; or cut into pieces by the
"incisores",...
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_The Lord smote the people with a very great plague_ With a
pestilence, say some, with a consumption, say others. But it seems
more probable that it was by some untimely death, which was the effect
of...
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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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QUAILS ARE SENT...
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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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31-35 God performed his promise to the people, in giving them flesh.
How much more diligent men are in collecting the meat that perishes,
than in labouring for meat which endures to everlasting life!...
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CHEWED, Heb. _cut off_, to wit, from their mouths, which is here
understood, and expressed JOEL 1:5, i.e. ere it was taken away, as the
flocks are said to be _cut off from the fold_, HABAKKUK 3:17, wh...
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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 11:33 meat H1320 still H2962 teeth H8127 chewed H3772 (H8735)
wrath H639 LORD H3068 aroused H2734 (H8804) people H5971 LORD H3068
struck H5221 (H8686) people H5971 very H3966 great H7227 plagu...
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YAHWEH PROVIDES MEAT FROM HEAVEN (NUMBERS 11:31).
In accordance with His second promise to Moses Yahweh now sent meat
from the skies. A ruach (spirit, wind) from Yahweh brought quails to
the camp in...
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Numbers 11:31
Notice:
I. The perpetual resurrections of easily besetting sins. (1) Look at
the side from which the temptation came. It was distinctly a question
of lust. Lust was strong in the peopl...
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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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_They gathered the quails._
THE QUAILS
I. Israel’s complaint.
1. Its object was food.
2. Its nature was intense. “Fell a lusting.”
3. It was general.
4. It was accompanied with tears. A faint, w...
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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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Deuteronomy 28:27; Numbers 16:49; Numbers 25:9; Psalms 106:14; Psalms
106:15; Psalms 78:30; Psalms 78:31...
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Chewed — Heb. cut off, namely from their mouths. A very great plague
— Probably the pestilence. But the sense is, before they had done
eating their quails, which lasted for a month. Why did God so sor...
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How could God bring judgment on the people for eating the quail that
He provided?
PROBLEM: God miraculously provided quail for the people to eat.
However, the wrath of the Lord was aroused against th...