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The [a]rabble among them [who followed Israel from Egypt] had greedy desires [for familiar and delicious food], and the Israelites wept again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:4 A unique word found only here in the OT. It refers to the mixed multitude of non-Israelites who joined the exodus.

Quail From the Lord

The rabble with them began to crave other food,(A) and again the Israelites started wailing(B) and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

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11 your little ones, your wives, and the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is in your camps, from [a]the one who chops and gathers your firewood to the one who draws your water—

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 29:11 This probably refers to a permanent slave population (Josh 9:27).

11 together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water.(A)

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