Numbers 11:10-30 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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, Ps. 78:19), notwithstanding his glorious appearances both to them and for them. Observe, 1. Who were the criminals. (1.) The mixed multitude began, they fell a lusting, Num. 11:4. The rabble that came with them out of Egypt, expecting only the land of promise, but not a state of probation in the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 11:16-23

We have here God's gracious answer to both the foregoing complaints, wherein his goodness takes occasion from man's badness to appear so much the more illustrious. I. Provision is made for the redress of the grievances Moses complains of. If he find the weight of government lie too heavy upon him, though he was a little too passionate in his remonstrance, yet he shall be eased, not by being discarded from the government himself, as he justly might have been if God had been extreme to mark what... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 11:24-30

We have here the performance of God's word to Moses, that he should have help in the government of Israel. I. Here is the case of the seventy privy-counsellors in general. Moses, though a little disturbed by the tumult of the people, yet was thoroughly composed by the communion he had with God, and soon came to himself again. And according as the matter was concerted, 1. He did his part; he presented the seventy elders before the Lord, round the tabernacle (Num. 11:24), that they might there... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:10

Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families ,.... So general was their lusting after flesh, and their discontent for want of it; and so great their distress and uneasiness about it, that they wept and cried for it, and so loud and clamorous, that Moses heard the noise and outcry they made: every man in the door of his tent : openly and publicly, were not ashamed of their evil and unbecoming behaviour, and in order to excite and encourage the like temper and disposition in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:11

And Moses said unto the Lord, wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant ?.... Or "done evil" F13 הרעת "malefecisti", Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius. to him, that which was distressing to him, and gave him trouble; namely, setting him at the head of the people of Israel, and laying the government of them on his shoulders; which surely was doing him honour, though that is not to be expected without care and trouble; Moses does not seem to be in a good frame of spirit throughout the whole... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:12

Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them ?.... Conceived them as a mother, or begotten them as a father? am I a parent of either sort to them, in a literal sense, that I should have the like care of them as parents of their children? but though this was not the case, yet, in a civil and political sense, he was their parent, as every king and governor of a country is, or should be, the father of it, and should have a paternal affection for his subjects, and a tender care of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:13

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people ?.... This seems to countenance the Israelites in their lusting after flesh, as if it was no evil in them, and as if it was but right they should have what they desired, though it was out of his power to give it them: for they weep unto me, saying, give us flesh, that we may eat ; he seems to pity them, whereas he ought to have reproved them for their murmurings and ingratitude, and put them in mind of the manna which was provided... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:14

I am not able to bear all this people alone ,.... The burden of government of them, to take care of them and provide sustenance for them; but he was not alone, for, not to take notice of the rulers and officers in the several divisions of the people that assisted and eased him in lighter matters, advised to by Jethro, Exodus 18:21 , the Lord himself was with him in all matters of moment and difficulty; to whom he could apply at any time for advice, and who had promised to supply and did... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:15

And if thou deal thus with me ,.... Let the whole weight of government lie upon me, and leave the alone to bear it: kill me, I pray thee, out of hand ; take me out of the world at once, or "kill me now, in killing" F14 הרגני נא הרג "occide me nunc occidendo", Drusius; "occide me jam, occide", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; dispatch me immediately, and make a thorough end of me directly: if I have found favour in thy sight ; if thou hast any love for me, or art... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:16

And the Lord said unto Moses ,.... Without making any reflection upon him, or upbraiding him with his unbecoming speeches to him, but in a kind and tender manner directs for his assistance and case: gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel ; out from among them, such as were not only men in years, but men of gravity, prudence, and wisdom; elders there were among the people in Egypt, Exodus 3:16 ; and it was from among such as those the seventy men were to be taken; we read of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 11:4-15

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 11:16-23

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Numbers 11:24-30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Numbers 11:16

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