“And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. complained: or, were as it were complainers it displeased: Heb. it was evil in the ears of”
Hebrew, it was evil in the ears of the Lord. Cross references: : Ps. 78:21 Hebrew, as unjust complainers .
“And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting : and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? fell: Heb. lusted a lust wept: Heb. returned and wept”
From God. Which were of those strangers that came out of Egypt with them, Exod. 12:38 .
“We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:”
For a small price, or good cheap.
“And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. colour thereof: Heb. eye of it as the eye of”
Exod. 16:31 ; Ps. 78:24 ; John 6:31 Which is a white pearl, or precious stone.
“And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?”
Or, evil intreated. Or, wherein have I displeased thee?
“Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?”
Of Canaan promised by an oath to our fathers. Am I their father, that none may have the charge of them but I?
“And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.”
I had rather die than to see my grief and misery thus daily increase by their rebellion.
“And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.”
I will distribute my spirit among them, as I have done to thee.
“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.”
Prepare yourselves that ye be not unclean.
“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? whole: Heb. month of days”
Or, cast him off, because ye refused Manna, which he appointed as most meet for you. Who leadeth and governeth you.
“And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders : and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease.”
Or, separated, verse 17 . From that day the spirit of prophecy did not fail them.
“And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.”
Or, a young man whom he had chosen from his youth. Such blind zeal was in the Apostles, Mark 9:38 ; Luke 9:44 .
“And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp.”
Of Homer, read Lev. 27:16 , also it signifieth an heap, as Exod. 8:14 ; Judg. 15:16 .