Numbers 11:18

“Say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, and you will eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.” Therefore Yahweh will give you meat, and you will eat.

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WEBBE

“Say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves in preparation for tomorrow, and you will eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt.” Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.

BSB

And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.

KJV

And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

ASV

And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Jehovah will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

BBE

And say to the people, Make yourselves clean before tomorrow and you will have flesh for your food: for in the ears of the Lord you have been weeping and saying, Who will give us flesh for food? for we were well off in Egypt: and so the Lord will give you flesh, and it will be your food;

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וְאֶל־ ve·'el- and to H413 הָעָם ha·'am the people H5971 תֹּאמַר to·mar you will say H559 הִתְקַדְּשׁוּ hit·ka·de·shu sanctify yourselves H6942 לְמָחָר le·ma·char for tomorrow H4279 וַאֲכַלְתֶּם va·'a·khal·tem and you will eat H398 בָּשָׂר ba·sar meat H1320 כִּי ki for H3588 בְּכִיתֶם be·khi·tem you have wept H1058 בְּאָזְנֵי be·'a·ze·nei in [the] ears of H241 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 מִי mi who H4310 יַאֲכִלֵנוּ ya·'a·khi·le·nu will he cause to eat us H398 בָּשָׂר ba·sar meat H1320 כִּי־ ki- for H3588 טוֹב tov it was good H2895 לָנוּ la·nu for (the) us H9035 בְּמִצְרָיִם be·mitz·ra·yim in Egypt H4714 וְנָתַן ve·na·tan and he will give H5414 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 לָכֶם la·khem to (the) you H9036 בָּשָׂר ba·sar meat H1320 וַאֲכַלְתֶּם va·'a·khal·tem and you will eat H398

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 16–23

Moses is to choose such as he knew to be elders, that is, wise and experienced men. God promises to qualify them. If they were not found fit for the employ, they should be made fit. Even the discontented people shall be gratified too, that every mouth may be stopped. See here, I. The vanity of all the delights of sense; they will cloy, but they will not satisfy. Spiritual pleasures alone will satisfy and last. As the world passes away, so do the lusts of it. 2. What brutish sins gluttony and drunkenness are! they make that to hurt the body which should be its health. Moses objects. Even true and great believers sometimes find it hard to trust God under the discouragements of second causes, and against hope to believe in hope. God here brings Moses to this point, The Lord God is Almighty; and puts the proof upon the issue, Thou shalt see whether my word shall come to pass or not. If he speaks, it is done.

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Egypt

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Sanitation

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.