Key Verse Spotlight
Numbers 11:5 — Meaning and Application
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:”
Numbers 11:5
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. {Taberah: that is, A burning}
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? {fell...: Heb. lusted a lust} {wept...: Heb. returned and wept}
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:
But now our soul {is} dried away: {there is} nothing at all, beside this manna, {before} our eyes.
And the manna {was} as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. {colour thereof...: Heb. eye of it as the eye of}
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