Numbers 11:21 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 11:21

But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is an objection like that which the disciples made, Mark viii. 4 , Whence can a man satisfy these men? Some excuse Moses here, and construe what he says as only a modest enquiry which way the supply must be expected; but it savours too much of diffidence and distrust of God to be justified.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּאמֶר֮	vai.yo.Mer	and he said	H559 →
מֹשֶׁה֒	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
שֵׁשׁ־	shesh-	[are] six	H8337 →
מֵא֥וֹת	me.'ot	hundred<s>	H3967 →
אֶ֙לֶף֙	'e.lef	thousand	H505 →
רַגְלִ֔י	rag.Li	foot soldier[s]	H7273 →
הָעָ֕ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
אֲשֶׁ֥ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
אָנֹכִ֖י	'a.no.Khi	I	H595 →
בְּקִרְבּ֑וֹ	be.kir.Bo	[am] in midst its	H7130 →
וְאַתָּ֣ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
אָמַ֗רְתָּ	'a.Mar.ta	you have said	H559 →
בָּשָׂר֙	ba.Sar	meat	H1320 →
אֶתֵּ֣ן	'e.Ten	I will give	H5414 →
לָהֶ֔ם	la.Hem	to <the> them
וְאָכְל֖וּ	ve.'a.khe.Lu	and they will eat	H398 →
חֹ֥דֶשׁ	Cho.desh	a month of	H2320 →
יָמִֽים׃	ya.Mim	days	H3117 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:9
  I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make for you a name like the greatest in the land.
- Galatians 3:14
  He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.
- Genesis 18:18
  Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
- Genesis 17:4–6
  “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
- Genesis 28:3–4
  May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, so that you may become a company of peoples.
Through
Exodus 38:26
a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
leads to
- Numbers 1:46
  And all those counted totaled 603,550.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Exodus 12:37
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
leads to
- Exodus 38:26
  a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Numbers 1:46
And all those counted totaled 603,550.
leads to
- Exodus 12:37
  The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.