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Numbers 11:4

Numbers 11:4
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting : and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting,.... These came out of Egypt with them, Exo 12:38; having either contracted affinity with them, or such intimacy of conversation, that they…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Numbers 11:4-35

Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah. Num 11:4 The mixt multitude - The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff,” and denotes a mob of people scraped together. It refers here to the multitude of…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 11:4-15

These verses represent things sadly unhinged and out of order in Israel, both the people and the prince uneasy.

I. Here is the people fretting, and speaking against God himself (as it is interpreted,…