Psalms 78:28
in Psalms 78He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their habitations.
KJV
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
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This verse in Psalms 78
Commentary
7 notes on this verseWe have the account Num. xi. See how good God is even to the evil and unthankful, and wonder that his goodness does not overcome their badness. See what little reason we have to judge of God's love by such gifts of his bounty as these; dainty bits are no tokens of his peculiar favour.
This site's exposition
He commanded the clouds above
on Psalms 78:23-29
The doubt is answered with the gift, manna rained down, grain from heaven, the bread of angels. An east wind and a south wind brought meat like dust and birds like the sand of the sea. They ate and were filled with what they craved.
This site's exposition
all around their dwellings
Numbers 11:31 spreads the quail a day's travel on every side of the camp. Albert Barnes noted that the meat came to their doors, so no one had to go looking for it. Charles Spurgeon warned that mercies can be sent in anger.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Lastly, when both these things have been briefly touched, afterwards he is evidently following out the order of the narrative. "Because they believed not in God, nor hoped in His saving health." For when he had told why fire was lighted in Jacob, and anger went up upon Israel, that is to say, "because they believed not in God, nor hoped in His saving health:" immediately subjoining the evident blessings for which they were ungrateful, he saith, "and He commanded the clouds above, and opened the doors of Heaven." "And He rained upon them manna to eat, and gave them bread of Heaven." "Bread of angels man did eat: dainties He sent them in abundance." "He brought over the South Wind from Heaven, and in His virtue He led in the South West Wind." "And He rained upon them fleshes like dust, and winged fowls like the sand of the sea." "And they fell in the midst of their camp, around their tabernacles." "And they ate and were filled exceedingly; and their desire He brought to them: they were not deprived of their desire." Behold why He had delayed. But what He had delayed let us hear. "Yet the morsel was in their mouths, and the anger of God came down upon them." Behold what He had delayed. For before "He delayed:" and afterwards, "fire was lighted in Jacob and anger went up upon Israel." He had delayed therefore in order that He might first do what they had believed that He could not do, and then might bring upon them what they deserved to suffer. For if they placed their hope in God, not only would their desires of the flesh but also those of the spirit have been fulfilled. […]
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp. They had no journey to make; they had clamoured for flesh, and it almost flew into their mouths, round about their habitations. This made them glad for the moment, but they knew not that mercies can be sent in anger, else they had trembled at sight of the good things which they had lusted after.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp ... - It was brought to their very doors; they had not to go and seek it abroad.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַ֭יַּפֵּל | vaiyapel | and he made [them] fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| בְּקֶ֣רֶב | bekerev | in [the] midst of | H7130 → | 227 times |
| מַחֲנֵ֑הוּ | machanehu | camp his | H4264 → | 215 times |
| סָ֝בִ֗יב | saviv | around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| לְמִשְׁכְּנֹתָֽיו׃ | lemishkenotav | <to> dwelling<s> his | H4908 → | 139 times |
וַ֭יַּפֵּלand he made [them] fall
vaiyapelH5307 →435 times
בְּקֶ֣רֶבin [the] midst of
bekerevH7130 →227 times
מַחֲנֵ֑הוּcamp his
machanehuH4264 →215 times
סָ֝בִ֗יבaround
savivH5439 →336 times
לְמִשְׁכְּנֹתָֽיו׃<to> dwelling<s> his
lemishkenotavH4908 →139 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Psalms
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 78; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David; Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 3; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Psalms; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.