Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Numbers 11:7
And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of (e) bdellium.
(e) Which is a white pearl, or precious stone.
And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of (e) bdellium.
(e) Which is a white pearl, or precious stone.
Verse Numbers 11:7. _THE MANNA_ WAS _AS CORIANDER SEED_] Probably this short description is added to show the iniquity of the people in murmuring, while they had so adequate a provision. But the basen...
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...
MANNA. Compare John 6:31; 1 Corinthians 10:3. COLOUR. Hebrew "eye", put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, for that which it distinguishes. Exodus 16:14;...
THE MANNA WAS AS CORIANDER-SEED, &C.— This description of the manna, its excellence as a food, its immediate descent from God, and the easiness of its procural, appear to be subjoined by the sacred wr...
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...
_BUT NOW OUR SOUL IS DRIED AWAY: THERE IS NOTHING AT ALL, BESIDE THIS MANNA, BEFORE OUR EYES._ But now ... there is nothing ... besides this manna. Daily familiarity had disgusted them with the sight...
11:7 appearance (d-10) Lit. 'eye.'...
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
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
AND THE MANNA WAS... — The design of the description of the manna in this place (comp. Exodus 16:14; Exodus 16:31, and Notes _in loc.;_ also Article M_anna,_ in “Smith’s Dictionary of the Bible”) was...
וְ הַ מָּ֕ן כִּ זְרַע ־גַּ֖ד ה֑וּא
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,...
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 beware...
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...
_Bdellium. Bdellium, according to Pliny, ([Natural History?] lib. xxi. chap. 9,) was of the colour of a man's nail, white and bright; (Challoner) or like wax, ([Natural History?] lib. xii. 9,) between...
See how wretched a state the mind of man is capable of being reduced to by sin! To speak lightly and contemptuously of angel's food, which fell around their tents, without labour on their part to proc...
It is impossible to look at this book ever so cursorily without feeling the difference of the atmosphere from that of Leviticus. And this is so much the more striking because it cannot be fairly doubt...
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...
7._And the manna was as coriander seed. _Moses had already adverted to this in Exodus 16:0; (18) but he now repeats it, in order more fully to condemn their perverse desire; for what could be more uns...
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 THE MANNA [WAS] AS CORIANDER SEED,.... Not in colour, for that is black or darkish, whereas the manna was white, as is generally observed; of which Exodus 16:31; however it might be like the coria...
And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. Ver. 7. _And the manna._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 16:14 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ Exo 16:31 _"_ There was therefore no...
_As coriander-seed_ Not for colour, for that is black, but for shape and figure. _Bdellium_ Is either the gum of a tree, of a white and bright colour, or rather a gem or precious stone, as the Hebrew...
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...
THE PEOPLE LUST FOR FLESH...
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium....
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...
COLOR THEREOF AS THE COLOR: _ Heb._ eye of it, as the eye of...
4-9 Man, having forsaken his proper rest, feels uneasy and wretched, though prosperous. They were weary of the provision God had made for them, although wholesome food and nourishing. It cost no mone...
AS CORIANDER SEED; not for colour, for that is black, but for shape and figure. BDELLIUM is either, 1. The gum of a tree, of a white and bright colour; or rather, 2. A gem or precious stone, as the H...
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 11:7 manna H4478 coriander H1407 seed H2233 color H5869 color H5869 bdellium H916 the manna -...
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...
Numbers 11:1. _And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD:_ Interpreters cannot make out what they had to complain of. The curse of labour had been removed; they did not earn their bread...
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....
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 11:7 BDELLIUM is a pale yellow resin found in desert areas. ⇐ ⇔
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...
1 Corinthians 1:23; 1 Corinthians 1:24; Exodus 16:14; Exodus 16:15;...
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...
As coriander — seed — Not for colour, for that is black, but for shape and figure. Bdellium — Is either the gum of a tree, of a white and bright colour, or rather a gem or precious stone, as the Hebre...