Numbers 11:13

13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying for me to give them meat to eat.

Numbers 11:13 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 11:13

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people?
&c.] This seems to countenance the Israelites in their lusting after flesh, as if it was no evil in them, and as if it was but right they should have what they desired, though it was out of his power to give it them:

for they weep unto me, saying, give us flesh, that we may eat;
he seems to pity them, whereas he ought to have reproved them for their murmurings and ingratitude, and put them in mind of the manna which was provided for them every day, and with which they ought to have been content.

Numbers 11:13 In-Context

11 So he asked, "LORD, why have you brought me this trouble? How have I displeased you that you put the burden of all these people on me?

12 Am I their mother? Did I give birth to them? Are you really asking me to carry them in my arms--as a nurse carries a baby--all the way to the land you promised their ancestors with an oath?

13 Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep crying for me to give them meat to eat.

14 I can't take care of all these people by myself. This is too much work for me!

15 If this is how you're going to treat me, why don't you just kill me? I can't face this trouble anymore."