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Numbers 11:21

Moses
Doubt

19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

20 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?

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.

22 Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?

23 And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.

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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

    And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.

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  • Numbers 1:46

    Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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  • Genesis 12:2

    And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

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  • Exodus 38:26

    A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men.

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  • Numbers 2:32

    These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.

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