And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow, and ye shall eat flesh, they would have their longing satisfied; for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt; therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. It was a command rather than a concession, as here made.
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...
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...
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...
SANCTIFY. separate. See note on "holy". Exodus 3:5....
SAY THOU UNTO THE PEOPLE, SANCTIFY YOURSELVES— Houbigant well observes, that the original word here might, with propriety, be rendered, _be ye ready:_ the word is so used Jeremiah 6:4; Jeremiah 12:3;...
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...
_AND SAY THOU UNTO THE PEOPLE, SANCTIFY YOURSELVES AGAINST TO MORROW, AND YE SHALL EAT FLESH: FOR YE HAVE WEPT IN THE EARS OF THE LORD, SAYING, WHO SHALL GIVE US FLESH TO EAT? FOR IT WAS WELL WITH US...
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
SANCTIFY] see Exodus 19:10; Exodus 19:15....
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
SANCTIFY YOURSELVES AGAINST TO-MORROW. — (Comp. Exodus 19:10.) The Israelites were required to sanctify themselves by purification for the more immediate manifestation of the Divine presence, although...
וְ אֶל ־הָ עָ֨ם תֹּאמַ֜ר הִתְקַדְּשׁ֣וּ לְ
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,...
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...
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...
And say thou unto the people, (l) Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for [it was] well wit...
_Sanctified. Prepare yourselves to receive flesh. The word is often used in this sense, Jeremias vi. 4, &c. (Onkelos) --- Cease to murmur, and bewail your sin. (Calmet)_...
Reader! behold in this instance the awfulness of having our appetites, according to the wishes of our corrupt nature, gratified. Was not that prayer of Agar founded on a conviction of this? Proverbs 3...
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...
18._And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves. _This is another part of the answer, which is given respecting the matter in consideration, viz., that the people should prepare themselves to sa...
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...
AND SAY THOU UNTO THE PEOPLE,.... For what follows respects them, as what goes before regarded himself: SANCTIFY YOURSELVES AGAINST TOMORROW; or prepare yourselves, as the Targums of Onkelos, and Jon...
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for [it was] well with us...
_Sanctify yourselves_ Prepare _to meet thy God, O Israel_, in the way of his judgments. Prepare yourselves by true repentance, that you may either obtain some mitigation of the plague, or, while your...
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...
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...
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 di...
SANCTIFY YOURSELVES, i.e. prepare yourselves, either to receive the miraculous blessings of God, the flesh you desire; or rather, PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD, O ISRAEL, in the way of his judgments, and to...
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...
Numbers 11:18 say H559 (H8799) people H5971 Consecrate H6942 (H8690) tomorrow H4279 eat H398 (H8804) meat...
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, bu...
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...
Numbers 11:7. _The manna._ See Exodus 14:15. and 31. _Bdellium._ See Genesis 2:12; Exodus 28:19....
_Gather unto Me seventy men of the elders._ THE ANSWER OF GOD TO THE APPEALS OF MEN I. The Lord’s answer to the appeal of his much-tried servant. 1. The number of the assistants. 2. Their selectio...
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
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 11:16 Though God gives his people the MEAT they want, he punishes them for their ungrateful attitude. ⇐...
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...
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...
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...
Acts 7:39; Exodus 16:13; Exodus 16:3; Exodus 19:10; Exodus 19:15;...
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...
Sanctify themselves — Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel, in the way of his judgments. Prepare yourselves by true repentance, that you may either obtain some mitigation of the plague, or, whilst your b...