Numbers 11:13 KJV — MannaFest

Numbers 11:13

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

KJV

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ASV

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

WEB

Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’

YLT

Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give to us flesh, and we eat.

DBT

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat!

About this book

Old Testament

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Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Author: Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date: The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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Mark 6:37
He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
Romans 4:20
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
Mark 8:4
And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
Matthew 15:33
And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
Leviticus 25:20
And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase:

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Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant, &c.--It is impossible not to sympathize with his feelings although the tone and language of his remonstrances to God cannot be justified. He was in a most distressing situation--having a mighty multitude under his care, with no means of satisfying their clamorous demands.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Moses gave them not the bread, John vi. Nor was it expected that he should give them the flesh, but as an instrument in God's hand; and if he meant, "Whence should God have it for them?" he too much limited the power of the Holy One of Israel. (6.) He speaks distrustfully of the divine grace when he despairs of being able to bear all this people,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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