Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 11:21

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21-23. Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand . . . Shall the flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? —The great leader, struck with a promise so astonishing as that of suddenly furnishing, in the midst of the desert, more than two millions of people with flesh for a whole month, betrayed an incredulous spirit, surprising in one who had witnessed so many stupendous miracles. But it is probable that it was only a feeling of the moment—at all events, the incredulous doubt was uttered only to himself—and not, as afterwards, publicly and to the scandal of the people. (See on :- ). It was, therefore, sharply reproved, but not punished. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-24" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-num-11-004

절 (explains)

bible-text/num-11-21

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological