Numbers 11:5
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| Overview - Numbers 11 | |
| 1 | The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer. |
| 4 | The people lust for flesh, and loathe manna. |
| 10 | Moses complains of his charge. |
| 16 | God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders, and to give the people flesh for a month. |
| 21 | Moses' faith is staggered. |
| 31 | Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth-hattaavah. |
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Numbers 11:5 (King James Version)
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:
- the fish
- Exodus 16:3 ; Psalms 17:14 ; Philippians 3:19
- the cucumbers
- In Hebrew, {kishshuim,} in Arabic, {kiththa,} Chaldee, {keta,} and Syriac, {kati,} a species of cucumber peculiar to
- Egypt, smooth, of a longish cylindrical shape, and about a foot long. Prosper Alpinus says that it differs from the common sort by its size, colour, and softness; that its leaves are smaller, whiter, softer, and rounder; its fruit larger, greener, smoother, softer, sweeter, and more easy of digestion than ours. Hasselquist describes it in the same manner; and adds, that it is very little watery, but firm like a melon, sweet and cool to the taste, but not so cold as the watermelon, which is meant by the {avutichim} of the text.