Numbers 11:22 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 11:22

If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

BSB

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ASV

Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

KJV

Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Shall the flocks and the herds be slain - There is certainly a considerable measure of weakness and unbelief manifested in the complaints and questions of Moses on this occasion; but his conduct appears at the same time so very simple, honest, and affectionate, that we cannot but admire it, while we wonder that he had not stronger confidence in that God whose miracles he had so often witnessed in Egypt.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 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

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲצֹ֧אן	ha.Tzon	¿ a flock	H6629 →
וּבָקָ֛ר	u.va.Kar	and a herd	H1241 →
יִשָּׁחֵ֥ט	yi.sha.Chet	will it be slaughtered	H7819 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	for <the> them
וּמָצָ֣א	u.ma.Tza'	and someone will find	H4672 →
לָהֶ֑ם	la.Hem	for <the> them
אִ֣ם	'im	or?	H518 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
דְּגֵ֥י	de.Gei	[the] fish of	H1709 →
הַיָּ֛ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
יֵאָסֵ֥ף	ye.'a.Sef	will it be gathered	H622 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	for <the> them
וּמָצָ֥א	u.ma.Tza'	and someone will find	H4672 →
לָהֶֽם׃ פ	la.Hem	for <the> them

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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
Mark 6:37
But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
leads to
- 2 Kings 4:42–44
  Now a man from Baal-shalishah came to the man of God with a sack of twenty loaves of barley bread from the first ripe grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” said Elisha.
- Matthew 14:16
  “They do not need to go away,” Jesus replied. “You give them something to eat.”
- Mark 8:2–3
  “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat.
Through
2 Kings 7:2
But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with…
leads to
- Malachi 3:10
  Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of…
- Genesis 7:11
  In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened.
- Genesis 18:12–14
  So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
- Romans 3:3
  What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?
- Psalms 78:41

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Numbers

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Numbers