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Numbers 11:21

Moses
Doubt

19 You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days,

20 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?’”

But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

22 If all our flocks and herds were slaughtered for them, would they have enough? Or if all the fish in the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

23 The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”

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BSB
But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’
KJV
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
WEB
Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month.’
ASV
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
DARBY
And Moses said, The people in whose midst I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou sayest, I will give them flesh that they may eat a whole month.
BLB
And Moses said, “[Are] six hundred thousand men on foot, the people whom I [am] among, and You have said, ‘Flesh I will give them, that they may eat [for] a month of days.’
ÅB
Og Moses sa: Seks hundre tusen mann til fots teller det folk som jeg følges med, og du sier: Jeg vil gi dem kjøtt, så de kan spise en hel måned!
OTB
Moses sa: “Her er jeg blant seks hundre tusen menn til fots, og du sier: ‘Jeg vil gi dem kjøtt å spise i en hel måned!’
B1930
Og Moses sa: Seks hundre tusen mann til fots teller det folk som jeg følges med, og du sier: Jeg vil gi dem kjøtt, så de kan ete en hel måned!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 12:37

    The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.

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  • Numbers 1:46

    And all those counted totaled 603,550.

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  • Genesis 12:2

    I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

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  • Exodus 38:26

    a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.

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  • Numbers 2:32

    These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.

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