Numbers 11:19

19 And it's not just for a day that you'll eat meat, and not two days, or five or ten or twenty,

Numbers 11:19 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 11:19

Ye shall not eat one day
Only, as in ( Exodus 16:12 ) ;

nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
but even thirty days, a whole month, as in ( Numbers 11:20 ) .

Numbers 11:19 In-Context

17 I'll come down and speak with you. I'll take some of the Spirit that is on you and place it on them; they'll then be able to take some of the load of this people - you won't have to carry the whole thing alone.
18 "Tell the people, Consecrate yourselves. Get ready for tomorrow when you're going to eat meat. You've been whining to God, 'We want meat; give us meat. We had a better life in Egypt.' God has heard your whining and he's going to give you meat. You're going to eat meat.
19 And it's not just for a day that you'll eat meat, and not two days, or five or ten or twenty,
20 but for a whole month. You're going to eat meat until its coming out your nostrils. You're going to be so sick of meat that you'll throw up at the mere mention of it. And here's why: Because you have rejected God who is right here among you, whining to his face, 'Oh, why did we ever have to leave Egypt?'"
21 Moses said, "I'm standing here surrounded by 600,000 men on foot and you say, 'I'll give them meat, meat every day for a month.'
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