Numbers 11:19

19 Not for one day, nor two, nor five, nor ten, no nor for 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 That I may come down and speak with thee: and I will take of thy spirit, and will give to them, that they may bear with thee the burden of the people, and thou mayest not be burthened alone.

18 And thou shalt say to the people: Be ye sanctified: to morrow you shall eat flesh: for I have heard you say: Who will give us flesh to eat? It was well with us in Egypt. That the Lord may give you flesh, and you may eat:

19 Not for one day, nor two, nor five, nor ten, no nor for twenty.

20 But even for a month of days, till it come out at your nostrils, and become loathsome to you, because you have cast off the Lord, who is in the midst of you, and have wept before him, saying: Why came we out of Egypt?

21 And Moses said: There are six hundred thousand footmen of this people, and sayest thou: I will give them flesh to eat a whole month?