Bilang 11:1

Filipino Cebuano Bible

1 Ug ang katawohan nga mga bagulbolan, nga nagasulti ug dautan sa mga igdulungog ni Jehova: ug sa diha nga nakadungog si Jehova niini, misilaub ang iyang kaligutgut, ug gipasiga kanila ang kalayo ni Jehova, ug milamoy sa kinatumyan nga bahin sa campo.

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And when: Numbers 10:33, Numbers 20:2-5, Numbers 21:5, Exodus 15:23, Exodus 15:24, Exodus 16:2, Exodus 16:3, Exodus 16:7, Exodus 16:9, Exodus 17:2, Exodus 17:3, Deuteronomy 9:22, Lamentations 3:39, 1 Corinthians 10:10, Jude 1:16

complained: or, were as it were complainers

it displeased the Lord: Heb. it was evil in the ears of the Lord, Genesis 38:10, 2 Samuel 11:27, *marg. James 5:4

and the fire: Numbers 16:35, Leviticus 10:2, Deuteronomy 32:22, 2 Kings 1:12, Job 1:16, Psalms 78:21, Psalms 106:18, Isaiah 30:33, Isaiah 33:14, Nahum 1:5, Mark 9:43-49, Hebrews 12:29

the uttermost: Deuteronomy 25:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 48:17 - displeased him Exodus 14:11 - Because Numbers 11:10 - the anger Numbers 11:18 - ye have wept Numbers 12:2 - And the Numbers 12:9 - General Numbers 14:1 - General Numbers 20:3 - when Numbers 22:34 - if it displease thee 1 Samuel 18:8 - displeased him 2 Kings 1:10 - let fire Job 38:35 - Canst Psalms 18:8 - went Isaiah 9:18 - wickedness Isaiah 10:17 - for a flame Ezekiel 20:36 - General Acts 7:36 - and in the wilderness Revelation 20:9 - and fire

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And [when] the people complained,.... Or "were as complainers" p; not merely like to such, but were truly and really complainers, the כ, "caph", here being not a note of similitude, but of truth and reality, as in Hosea 5:10. This Hebraism is frequent in the New Testament, Matthew 14:5. What they complained of is not said, it being that for which there was no foundation; it is generally supposed to be of their journey; but if they were come but eight miles, as observed on Numbers 10:33; they could not be very weary; and especially as they were marching towards the land of Canaan, it might be thought they would be fond and eager of their journey. Some think it was for want of flesh, being weary of manna, and that this was only the beginning of their complaints on that head, which opened more afterwards; but if that is the case, one would think that the fire, which consumed many of them, would have put a stop to that. Jarchi says, the word signifies taking an occasion, and that the sense is, that these men sought an occasion how to separate from the Lord; they wanted to return to Egypt again, that was what they were meditating and contriving; so the Targum of Jonathan,

"and the ungodly of the people were in distress, and intended and meditated evil before the Lord:''

it displeased the Lord: a murmuring complaining spirit is always displeasing to him, when a thankful heart for mercies received is an acceptable sacrifice; murmurers and complainers God will judge at the great day, Judges 1:14;

and the Lord heard [it]: though it was an inward secret complaint, or an evil scheme formed in their minds; at most but a muttering, and what Moses had not heard, or had any knowledge of; but God, that knows the secrets of all hearts, and every word in the tongue before it is well formed or pronounced, he heard what they complained of, and what they whispered and muttered to one another about:

and his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burnt among them; from the pillar of fire, or from heaven, such as destroyed Nadab and Abihu, Leviticus 10:1; the two hundred fifty men that had censers in Korah's company, Numbers 16:35; and the captains of fifties that came to take Elijah, 2 Kings 1:14; and might be lightning from heaven, or a burning wind sent by the Lord, such as is frequent in the eastern countries. Thevenot q speaks of one in 1658, which destroyed at once twenty thousand men:

and consumed [them that were] in the uttermost parts of the camp; who very likely were the principal aggressors; or it began to arouse and terrify the body of the people, and bring them to repentance, who might fear it would proceed and go through the whole camp, the hinder part or rearward of which was the camp of Dan; and so the Targum of Jonathan.

p כמתאננים "ut conquerentes injuste", Montanus, Fagius, Vatablus; "ut qui vaba moliuntur", Drusius. q Travels, par. 1. l. 2. c. 34.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal rendering. They murmured against the privations of the march.

The fire of the Lord - Probably lightning; compare Psalms 78:21.

In the uttermost parts - Rather, in the end. The fire did not reach far into the camp. It was quickly quenched at the intercession of Moses.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XI

The people complain, the Lord is displeased, and many of them

are consumed by fire, 1.

Moses intercedes for them, and the fire is quenched, 2.

The place is called Taberah, 3.

The mixed multitude long for flesh, and murmur, 4-6.

The manna described, 7-9.

The people weep in their tents, and the Lord is displeased, 10.

Moses deplores his lot in being obliged to hear and bear with

all their murmurings, 11-15.

He is commanded to bring seventy of the elders to God that he

may endue them with the same spirit, and cause them to divide

the burden with him, 16, 17.

He is also commanded to inform the people that they shall have

flesh for a whole month, 18-20.

Moses expresses his doubt of the possibility of this, 21, 22.

The Lord confirms his promise, 23.

The seventy men are brought to the tabernacle, 24;

and the spirit of prophecy rests upon them, 25.

Eldad and Medad stay in the camp and prophesy, 26, 27.

Joshua beseeches Moses to forbid them, 28.

Moses refuses, 29, 30.

A wind from the Lord brings quails to the camp, 31, 32.

While feeding on the flesh, a plague from the Lord falls upon

them, and many of them die, 33.

The place is called Kibroth-hattaavah, or the graves of lust, 34.

They journey to Hazeroth, 35.

NOTES ON CHAP. XI

Verse Numbers 11:1. And when the people complained — What the cause of this complaining was, we know not. The conjecture of St. Jerome is probable; they complained because of the length of the way. But surely no people had ever less cause for murmuring; they had God among them, and miracles of goodness were continually wrought in their behalf.

It displeased the Lord — For his extraordinary kindness was lost on such an ungrateful and rebellious people. And his anger was kindled - Divine justice was necessarily incensed against such inexcusable conduct.

And the fire of the Lord burnt among them — Either a supernatural fire was sent for this occasion, or the lightning was commissioned against them, or God smote them with one of those hot suffocating winds which are very common in those countries.

And consumed - in the uttermost parts of the camp. — It pervaded the whole camp, from the centre to the circumference, carrying death with it to all the murmurers; for we are not to suppose that it was confined to the uttermost parts of the camp, unless we could imagine that there were none culpable any where else. If this were the same with the case mentioned Numbers 11:4, then, as it is possible that the mixed multitude occupied the outermost parts of the camp, consequently the burning might have been confined to them.