Numbers 11:20

but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have rejected Yahweh who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?”’”

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WEBBE

but a whole month, until it comes out at your nostrils, and it is loathsome to you; because you have rejected the LORD who is amongst you, and have wept before him, saying, “Why did we come out of Egypt?”’”

BSB

but for a whole month— until it comes out of your nostrils and makes you nauseous— because you have rejected the LORD, who is among you, and have cried out before Him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

KJV

But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

ASV

but a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you; because that ye have rejected Jehovah who is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?

BBE

But every day for a month, till you are tired of it, turning from it in disgust: because you have gone against the Lord who is with you, and have been weeping before him saying, Why did we come out of Egypt?

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עַד 'ad until H5704 חֹדֶשׁ cho·desh a month of H2320 יָמִים ya·mim days H3117 עַד 'ad until H5704 אֲשֶׁר־ 'a·sher- that H834 יֵצֵא ye·tze' it will come out H3318 מֵאַפְּכֶם me·'a·pe·khem from nose your H639 וְהָיָה ve·ha·yah and it will become H1961 לָכֶם la·khem for (the) you H9036 לְזָרָא le·za·ra' (into) a loathsome thing H2214 יַעַן ya·'an because H3282 כִּי־ ki- for H3588 מְאַסְתֶּם me·'as·tem you have rejected H3988 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher who H834 בְּקִרְבְּכֶם be·kir·be·khem [is] in midst your H7130 וַתִּבְכּוּ va·tiv·ku and you have wept H1058 לְפָנָיו le·fa·nav (to) before him H6440 לֵאמֹר le·mor (to) saying H559 לָמָּה la·mah (to) why H4100 זֶּה zeh this H2088 יָצָאנוּ ya·tza·nu did we come out H3318 מִמִּצְרָיִם mi·mitz·ra·yim from Egypt H4714

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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Sarcasm

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