Numbers 11
Overview
11:1 The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer;
11:4 The people lust for flesh, and loathe manna;
11:10 Moses complains of his charge;
11:16 God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders, and to give the people flesh for a month;
11:21 Moses' faith is staggered;
11:31 Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth-hattaavah. Verse 1And whenNumbers 10:33, 20:2-5, 21:5; Exodus 15:23, 15:24, 16:2, 16:3, 16:7, 16:9, 17:2, 17:3; Deuteronomy 9:22; Lamentations 3:39; 1 Corinthians 10:10; Jude 1:16 complainedor, were as it were complainersit displeased the LordHeb. it was evil in the ears of the Lord, Genesis 38:10; 2 Samuel 11:27 *marg. James 5:4 and the fireNumbers 16:35; Leviticus 10:2; Deuteronomy 32:22; 2 Kings 1:12; Job 1:16; Psalm 78:21, 106:18; Isaiah 30:33, 33:14; Nahum 1:5; Mark 9:43-49; Habakkuk 3:1 the uttermostDeuteronomy 25:18ReciprocalGenesis 48:17 - displeased him; Exodus 14:11 - Because; Numbers 11:10 - the anger; 11:18 - ye have wept; 12:2 - And the; 12:9 - General; 14:1 - General; 20:3 - when; 22:34 - if it displease thee; 1 Samuel 18:8 - displeased him; 2 Kings 1:10 - let fire; Job 38:35 - Canst; Psalm 18:8 - went; Isaiah 9:18 - wickedness; 10:17 - for a flame; Ezekiel 20:36 - General; Acts 7:36 - and in the wilderness; Revelation 20:9 - and fire Verse 2criedNumbers 21:7; Psalm 78:34, 78:35; Jeremiah 37:3, 42:2; Acts 8:24 prayedNumbers 14:13-20; Genesis 18:23-33; Exodus 32:10-14, 32:31, 32:32, 34:9; Deuteronomy 9:19, 9:20; Psalm 106:23; Isaiah 37:4; Jeremiah 15:1; Amos 7:2-6; James 5:16; 1 John 5:16 the fireNumbers 16:45-48; Habakkuk 3:1; 1 John 2:1, 2:2 was quenchedHeb. sunk

Verse 3Taberahthat is, a burning, Deuteronomy 9:22

Verse 4the mixedExodus 12:38; Leviticus 24:10, 24:11; Nehemiah 13:3 fell a lustingHeb. lusted a lustthe children1 Corinthians 15:33 wept againHeb. returned and weptWho shallPsalm 78:18-20, 106:14; Romans 13:14; 1 Corinthians 10:6ReciprocalExodus 16:3 - flesh; 17:2 - the people; Leviticus 25:20 - General; Numbers 11:18 - ye have wept; 33:16 - Kibrothhattaavah; Deuteronomy 9:7 - from the day; 9:22 - Kibrothhattaavah; 12:20 - I will; 29:11 - stranger; 2 Samuel 23:15 - longed; 1 Chronicles 11:17 - longed; Psalm 78:19 - Can God; 105:40 - asked; Proverbs 27:7 - full; Malachi 1:12 - The table; Matthew 4:3 - command; 1 John 2:16 - the lust of the flesh; Revelation 18:14 - thy soul Verse 5the fishExodus 16:3; Psalm 17:14; Philippians 3:19 the cucumbersIn Hebrew, kishshuim, in Arabic, kiththa, Chaldee, keta, and Syriac, kati, a species of cucumber peculiar to Egypt, smooth, of a longish cylindrical shape, and about a foot long. Prosper Alpinus says that it differs from the common sort by its size, colour, and softness; that its leaves are smaller, whiter, softer, and rounder; its fruit larger, greener, smoother, softer, sweeter, and more easy of digestion than ours. Hasselquist describes it in the same manner; and adds, that it is very little watery, but firm like a melon, sweet and cool to the taste, but not so cold as the watermelon, which is meant by the avutichim of the text.ReciprocalNumbers 11:18 - it was well; 16:13 - out of a; 20:4 - why; 20:15 - vexed us; 2 Samuel 23:15 - longed; 1 Chronicles 11:17 - longed; Isaiah 19:8 - General; Jeremiah 42:14 - nor hear; 44:18 - we have; Acts 7:39 - and in Verse 6Numbers 21:5; 2 Samuel 13:4ReciprocalExodus 16:31 - and it was; Jeremiah 44:18 - we have; John 6:31 - fathers Verse 7the mannaExodus 16:14, 16:15, 16:31; 1 Corinthians 1:23, 1:24; Revelation 2:17 colour thereof as the colour ofHeb. eye of it as the eye ofbdelliumGenesis 2:12ReciprocalPsalm 105:40 - satisfied Verse 8the peopleExodus 16:16-18; John 6:27, 33-58 baked itExodus 16:23 taste of it16:31ReciprocalJoshua 3:5 - Sanctify; 1 Samuel 16:5 - sanctify yourselves Verse 9Exodus 16:13, 16:14; Deuteronomy 32:2; Psalm 78:23-25, 105:40

Verse 10weep throughoutNumbers 14:1, 14:2, 16:27, 21:5; Psalm 106:25 the angerNumbers 11:1; Deuteronomy 32:22; Psalm 78:21, 78:59; Isaiah 5:25; Jeremiah 17:4 MosesNumbers 12:3, 20:10-13; Psalm 106:32, 106:33, 139:21; Mark 3:5, 10:14

Verse 11Wherefore hast thouThe complaint and remonstrance of Moses in these verses serve at once to shew the deeply distressed state of his mind, and the degradation of the minds of the people. Numbers 11:15; Exodus 17:4; Deuteronomy 1:12; Jeremiah 15:10, 15:18, 20:7-9, 20:14-18; Malachi 3:14; 2 Corinthians 11:28 wherefore haveJob 10:2; Psalm 130:3, 143:2; Lamentations 3:22, 3:23, 3:39, 3:40ReciprocalGenesis 30:27 - favour; Exodus 32:11 - why doth; Deuteronomy 1:9 - I am not; 1:31 - bare thee; Jeremiah 45:3 - added; Ezekiel 3:14 - General; Hosea 11:3 - taught; Acts 6:2 - we should; Galatians 4:19 - of; 6:2 - Bear Verse 12Carry themIsaiah 40:11; Ezekiel 34:23; John 10:11 as a nursingIsaiah 49:15, 49:23; Galatians 4:19; 1 Thessalonians 2:7 the landGenesis 13:15, 22:16, 22:17, 26:3, 50:24; Exodus 13:5ReciprocalGenesis 24:59 - nurse; Deuteronomy 1:31 - bare thee; Psalm 103:13 - Like; Hosea 11:3 - taught; 1 Corinthians 13:7 - Beareth; Galatians 6:2 - Bear Verse 13Matthew 15:33; Mark 8:4, 9:23ReciprocalLeviticus 25:20 - General; Psalm 78:19 - Can God; Mark 6:37 - Shall; Romans 4:20 - staggered Verse 14Exodus 18:18; Deuteronomy 1:9-12; Psalm 89:19; Isaiah 9:6; Zechariah 6:13; 2 Corinthians 2:16ReciprocalExodus 5:22 - why is it; Deuteronomy 1:31 - bare thee; Job 6:9 - that it would; Ecclesiastes 4:9 - are Verse 15kill me1 Kings 19:4; Job 3:20-22, 6:8-10, 7:15; Jonah 4:3, 4:8, 4:9; Philippians 1:20-24; James 1:4 let me notJeremiah 15:18, 20:18; Zephaniah 3:15 my wretchednessTwo of Dr. Kennicott's manuscripts read, "their wretchedness." The Jerusalem Targum has the same, and adds, by way of explanation, "who are thine own people.ReciprocalGenesis 27:46 - I am; 30:1 - or else I die; 30:27 - favour; Exodus 5:22 - why is it; 14:11 - wherefore; 16:3 - we had; Numbers 11:11 - Wherefore hast thou; 14:2 - Would; 20:12 - ye shall; Job 3:21 - long; 6:9 - that it would; 10:1 - My soul; Ecclesiastes 2:17 - I hated; Isaiah 15:4 - his Verse 16seventyGenesis 46:27; Exodus 4:29, 24:1, 24:9; Ezekiel 8:11; Luke 10:1, 10:17 officersDeuteronomy 1:15, 16:18, 31:28ReciprocalExodus 5:6 - officers; 12:21 - elders; Leviticus 4:15 - the elders; Numbers 11:24 - gathered; 13:2 - a ruler; 16:25 - General; Deuteronomy 1:13 - Take; 1 Kings 21:8 - the elders; Psalm 58:1 - O congregation; Isaiah 28:6 - for a spirit; Jeremiah 19:1 - the ancients of the people; Acts 6:3 - look Verse 17I will comeNumbers 11:25, 12:5; Genesis 11:5, 18:21; Exodus 19:11, 19:20, 34:5; John 3:13 talk withNumbers 12:8; Genesis 17:3, 17:22, 18:20-22, 18:33 I will takeNumbers 27:18; 1 Samuel 10:6; 2 Kings 2:9, 2:15; Nehemiah 9:20; Isaiah 44:3, 59:20, 59:21; Joel 2:28; John 7:39; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:12, 12:4-11; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; 1 Peter 1:22; Jude 1:19 they shallExodus 18:22; Acts 6:3, 6:4ReciprocalGenesis 6:3 - My; Exodus 33:9 - talked; Numbers 1:16 - the renowned; 16:25 - General; 27:20 - put some; Deuteronomy 1:9 - I am not; 1:13 - Take; 31:28 - Gather unto me; 34:9 - full of the spirit; Judges 3:10 - the Spirit; 1 Samuel 16:13 - the Spirit; Isaiah 28:6 - for a spirit; 63:11 - where is he that put; Daniel 4:8 - and in; Luke 10:2 - the Lord; Acts 7:34 - and am; 1 Corinthians 12:28 - helps; James 1:17 - good Verse 18SanctifyGenesis 35:2; Exodus 19:10, 19:15; Joshua 7:13 ye have weptNumbers 11:1, 11:4-6; Exodus 16:3-7; Judges 21:2 it was wellNumbers 11:4, 11:5, 14:2, 14:3; Acts 7:39ReciprocalPsalm 78:27 - He rained; Proverbs 27:7 - full Verse 19 AboutExodus 16:13
but now such plenty was to be afforded them for a whole month, and they should use it so greedily, that at last they should entirely loathe the food for which they had so inordinately craved.ReciprocalPsalm 78:27 - He rained
Verse 20whole monthHeb. month of days, Exodus 16:8, 16:13 and itNumbers 21:5; Psalm 78:27-30, 106:15; Proverbs 27:7 despised1 Samuel 2:30; 2 Samuel 12:10; Malachi 1:6; Acts 13:41; 1 Thessalonians 4:8ReciprocalExodus 7:18 - shall loathe; Deuteronomy 12:20 - I will; Psalm 10:13 - contemn; 78:29 - for he gave; Jeremiah 23:17 - that despise Verse 21Numbers 1:46, 2:32; Genesis 12:2; Exodus 12:37, 38:26ReciprocalNumbers 20:12 - Because ye believed; 2 Kings 7:2 - if the Lord; Psalm 78:20 - can he give; Matthew 14:17 - General; 15:33 - Whence; Mark 6:37 - Shall; 8:4 - From; 10:27 - With men; Luke 1:18 - for; 9:13 - have; John 6:7 - Two Verse 22 There
; 2 Kings 7:2; Matthew 15:33; Mark 6:37, 8:4; Luke 1:18, 1:34; John 6:6, 6:7, 6:9ReciprocalNumbers 20:10 - we fetch; 20:12 - Because ye believed; Zechariah 8:6 - should
Verse 23Is the Lord'sThat is, "Is the power of the Lord diminished?" That power which has been so signally displayed on your behalf, and which is as unchangeable as it is unlimited. Genesis 18:14; Psalm 78:41; Isaiah 50:2, 59:1; Micah 2:7; Matthew 19:26; Luke 1:37 thou shaltNumbers 23:19; 2 Kings 7:2, 7:17-19; Jeremiah 44:28, 44:29; Ezekiel 12:25, 24:14; Matthew 24:35ReciprocalGenesis 17:1 - Almighty; Numbers 20:10 - we fetch; 1 Kings 17:6 - the ravens; 2 Kings 19:26 - of small power; Jeremiah 14:9 - cannot; Daniel 6:20 - able; Zechariah 8:6 - should Verse 24gatheredNumbers 11:16, 11:26ReciprocalExodus 24:1 - seventy; Luke 10:1 - other seventy Verse 25came downNumbers 11:17, 12:5; Exodus 34:5, 40:38; Psalm 99:7; Luke 9:34, 9:35 tookNumbers 11:17; 2 Kings 2:15; James 1:17 gave itFrom this place, Origen and Theodoret take occasion to compare Moses to a lamp, at which seventy others were lighted, without any diminution of its lustre.they prophesiedBy prophesying here we are to understand, their performing those civil and sacred functions for which they were qualified; exhorting the people to quiet and peaceable submission, and to trust and confidence in the providence of God. 1 Samuel 10:5, 10:6, 10:10, 19:20-24; Jeremiah 36:5, 36:6; Joel 2:28, 2:29; Acts 2:17, 2:18; 11:28, 21:9-11; 1 Corinthians 11:4, 11:5, 14:1-3, 14:32; 2 Peter 1:21ReciprocalExodus 24:1 - seventy; Leviticus 4:15 - the elders; Numbers 16:25 - General; 24:2 - the spirit; Judges 11:29 - the spirit; 2 Kings 2:9 - Elisha said; 2 Chronicles 20:14 - came the Spirit; Nehemiah 9:20 - gavest; Isaiah 11:2 - the Spirit; 63:11 - where is he that put; Ezekiel 2:2 - General; 8:11 - seventy; 11:5 - the Spirit; Haggai 2:5 - so; Luke 1:67 - filled; 2:25 - Holy Ghost; John 3:34 - for God; Acts 2:4 - as; 1 Corinthians 12:10 - prophecy; 1 Thessalonians 5:20 - General; 1 Peter 4:14 - for Verse 26went not outExodus 3:11, 4:13, 4:14; 1 Samuel 10:22, 20:26; Jeremiah 1:6, 36:5ReciprocalNumbers 11:24 - gathered; 1 Samuel 19:20 - when they; 2 Chronicles 20:14 - came the Spirit; Isaiah 11:2 - the Spirit; Ezekiel 2:2 - General; 11:5 - the Spirit; Mark 9:38 - Master; John 3:26 - he that; 1 Peter 4:14 - for; Revelation 11:3 - two Verse 27ReciprocalLuke 9:49 - we saw Verse 28JoshuaExodus 17:9 My LordMark 9:38, 9:39; Luke 9:49, 9:50; John 3:26ReciprocalExodus 24:13 - his minister; Numbers 13:8 - Oshea; 27:18 - Take thee; 27:20 - put some; 32:27 - as my lord; Joshua 1:1 - Moses' minister; 1 Chronicles 7:27 - Jehoshuah; 1 Corinthians 4:6 - be puffed; 14:5 - would Verse 29Enviest1 Corinthians 3:3, 3:21, 13:4; Philippians 2:3; James 3:14, 3:15, 4:5, 5:9; 1 Peter 2:1 wouldActs 26:29; 1 Corinthians 14:5; Philippians 1:15-18 that theMatthew 9:37, 9:38; Luke 10:2ReciprocalGenesis 30:1 - or else I die; Numbers 12:2 - hath he not; 27:20 - put some; 2 Kings 5:3 - Would God; Isaiah 63:11 - where is he that put; Luke 2:25 - Holy Ghost; John 7:18 - seeketh his glory; Acts 13:45 - they; 1 Corinthians 4:6 - be puffed; 4:8 - and I; 2 Corinthians 11:1 - Would Verse 30ReciprocalNumbers 16:25 - General Verse 31a windExodus 10:13, 10:19, 15:10; Psalm 135:7 and broughtExodus 16:13; Psalm 78:26-29, 105:40 quailsThat the word selav means the quail, we have already had occasion to observe; to which we subjoin the authority of Mr. Maundrell, who visited Naplosa - the ancient Sichem
where the Samaritans live. Mr. Maundrell asked their chief priest what sort of animal he took the selav to be. He answered, they were a sort of fowls; and, by the description Mr. Maundrell perceived he meant the same kind with our quails.a day's journeyHeb. the way of a dayand as it were two cubitsThat is, as the Vulgate renders, Volabantque in aere duobus cubitis altitudine super terram, "and they flew in the air, at the height of two cubits above the ground.Reciprocal106:15 - he gave; Jonah 1:4 - the Lord; 1 Corinthians 10:6 - lust
Verse 32homersExodus 16:36; Ezekiel 45:11ReciprocalPsalm 78:27 - He rained Verse 33And whilePsalm 78:30, 78:31, 106:14, 106:15 smoteNumbers 16:49, 25:9; Deuteronomy 28:27ReciprocalNumbers 16:46 - there is wrath; 20:3 - when; Job 20:23 - he is about; Psalm 99:8 - though; 107:17 - because; Mark 3:10 - as many; Habakkuk 2:2 - every Verse 34Kibrothhattaavahthat is, the graves of lust, Numbers 33:16; Deuteronomy 9:22; 1 Corinthians 10:6ReciprocalNumbers 20:3 - when; Deuteronomy 12:20 - I will; Psalm 78:30 - But; 99:8 - though; 106:14 - But; 107:17 - because; Ezekiel 39:11 - Hamongog; 1 John 2:16 - the lust of the flesh; Revelation 18:14 - thy soul Verse 35journeyedNumbers 33:17 unto Hazeroth12:16; Deuteronomy 1:1 abode atHeb. they were in, etc