Numbers 11:5
3 So that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD had burned among them.
4 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
6 But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”
7 Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
- ASV
- We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:
- DARBY
- We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;
- BLB
- We remember the fish that we ate in Egypt freely, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic.
- ÅB
- Vi minnes fisken som vi spiste i Egypt for intet, gresskarene og melonene og purren og rødløken og hvitløken.
- OTB
- Vi husker fisken vi spiste gratis i Egypt, agurkene, melonene, purreløken, løken og hvitløken.
- B1930
- Vi minnes fisken som vi åt i Egypten for intet, gresskarene og melonene og purren og rødløken og hvitløken.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 16:3
“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
Read in contextPsalms 17:14
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand— from men of the world whose portion is in this life. May You fill the bellies of Your treasured ones and satisfy their sons, so they leave their abundance to their children.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
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