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KIBROTH HATTAAVAH (Numbers 11:4-35).
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Numbers 11:4-35
The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 11:4-35
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The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 11:1-9Numbers 11:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryMURMURING, LUSTING, AND LOATHING We have here a very painful self-revelation. Through prophets and apostles, and especially through his Son, God has said many humiliating things of the children of men, but nothing more…Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:4-9Numbers 11:4-9 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryMan, having forsaken his proper rest, feels uneasy and wretched, though prosperous. They were weary of the provision God had made for them, although wholesome food and nourishing. It cost no money or care, and the labou…Matthew Henry on Numbers 11:4-15Numbers 11:4-15 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThese verses represent things sadly unhinged and out of order in Israel, both the people and the prince uneasy. I. Here is the people fretting, and speaking against God himself (as it is interpreted, Psalm 78:19), notwi…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 11:4Numbers 11:4 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE MIXED MULTITUDE I. How CAME IT THERE? It left Egypt with them (Exodus 12:38). It had been accumulating, one knows not how long, and in how many ways. Egypt had not been a very comfortable place even for the Egyptian…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 11:4Numbers 11:4 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe mixed multitude. Hebrew, ha-saphsuph, the gathered; the rift-raft, or rabble, which had followed the fortunes of Israel out of Egypt, where they had probably been strangers and slaves themselves. What the nature and…The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 11:4-35Numbers 11:4-35 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE SIN OF CONCUPISCENCE, AND ITS PUNISHMENT We have in this section a Divine commentary, in dark and terrible characters, on the commandment, "Thou shalt not covet." And we know that the record was given to us "to the…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 11:1-9MURMURING, LUSTING, AND LOATHING We have here a very painful self-revelation. Through prophets and apostles, and especially through his Son, God has said many humiliating things of the children of men, but nothing more…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Numbers 11:4-9Man, having forsaken his proper rest, feels uneasy and wretched, though prosperous. They were weary of the provision God had made for them, although wholesome food and nourishing. It cost no money or care, and the labou…Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Numbers 11:4-15These verses represent things sadly unhinged and out of order in Israel, both the people and the prince uneasy. I. Here is the people fretting, and speaking against God himself (as it is interpreted, Psalm 78:19), notwi…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 11:4-35THE SIN OF CONCUPISCENCE, AND ITS PUNISHMENT We have in this section a Divine commentary, in dark and terrible characters, on the commandment, "Thou shalt not covet." And we know that the record was given to us "to the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 11:4The mixed multitude. Hebrew, ha-saphsuph, the gathered; the rift-raft, or rabble, which had followed the fortunes of Israel out of Egypt, where they had probably been strangers and slaves themselves. What the nature and…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 11:4THE MIXED MULTITUDE I. How CAME IT THERE? It left Egypt with them (Exodus 12:38). It had been accumulating, one knows not how long, and in how many ways. Egypt had not been a very comfortable place even for the Egyptian…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 11:5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely, i.e; gratis. No doubt this was an exaggeration on the part of the murmurers, but it is attested by classical writers that fish swarmed in the Nile waters, and cost…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 11:6Our soul is dried away. This exaggerated statement expressed their craving for the juicy and savoury food of which they had been thinking, and which was obviously unattainable in the wilderness. There is a physical crav…Joseph S. Exell and contributors