Num. 11:1a| murmur| Exo. 15:24;| 16:2;| 17:3;| Num. 14:2, 27-29, 36;| 16:41;| 17:5, 10;| 21:5;| Deut. 1:27;| Psa. 106:25;| 1|Cor. 10:10
Num. 11:1b| anger| Deut. 9:22;| Psa. 78:21
Num. 11:1c| fire| Lev. 10:2;| Num. 16:35;| 2|Kings 1:12;| Psa. 106:18;| Rev. 13:13
Num. 11:31| Taberah
| Meaning burning.
Num. 11:41a| mixed| Exo. 12:38
| The mixed multitude (cf. Exo. 12:38) consisted of those who did not know of whom they were born or to what family they belonged. The lusting of the mixed multitude stirred up the lust of the children of Israel (cf. 1|Cor. 5:6).
Num. 11:4b| lusted| Num. 11:34;| Psa. 106:14;| 1|Cor. 10:6
Num. 11:51| fish
| The foods in Egypt signify the fleshly enjoyment of the world. See notes 31 and 131 in Exo. 16.
Num. 11:5a| Egypt| Acts 7:39
Num. 11:61| this
| Manna signifies the heavenly Christ as the daily food for God’s people (John 6:29-35). See notes 41 and 151 in Exo. 16. The people of Israel abhorred the heavenly taste of manna and lusted for the worldly taste of the Egyptian food.
Num. 11:6a| manna| Exo. 16:4, 14-36;| Psa. 78:24-25;| John 6:31;| 1|Cor. 10:3;| Rev. 2:17
Num. 11:71a| coriander| Exo. 16:31
| For the characteristics of manna, see notes 132 and 311 in Exo. 16.
Num. 11:8a| gathered| Exo. 16:16-18
Num. 11:8b| taste| cf. Exo. 16:31
Num. 11:9a| dew| Exo. 16:13-14
Num. 11:12a| bring| cf. 1|Cor. 4:15
Num. 11:12b| bosom| Isa. 40:11
Num. 11:12c| nurse| Isa. 49:23;| 1|Thes. 2:7
Num. 11:12d| land| Gen. 13:15;| 50:24;| Exo. 13:5
Num. 11:14a| alone| Exo. 18:18;| Deut. 1:9, 12
Num. 11:15a| please| cf. 1|Kings 19:4;| Jonah 4:3, 8
Num. 11:161a| seventy| Exo. 24:1, 9;| Num. 11:24
| Seventy, composed of seven times ten, is the number of completion (seven—see note 291 in Rev. 2) and fullness (ten—see note 102 in Rev. 2). God’s raising up of seventy elders indicates that when He does something, He does it completely and in full.
Num. 11:17a| Spirit| 2|Kings 2:9, 15;| Neh. 9:20
Num. 11:17b| burden| Exo. 18:22
Num. 11:19a| eat| Psa. 78:29
Num. 11:21a| six| Exo. 12:37;| cf. Exo. 38:26;| Num. 1:46
Num. 11:23a| short| Isa. 50:2;| 59:1
Num. 11:24a| seventy| Num. 11:16
Num. 11:25a| came| Num. 11:17
Num. 11:25b| Spirit| 1|Sam. 10:10;| 19:20;| Joel 2:28
Num. 11:251| prophesied
| See note 291.
Num. 11:28a| restrain| cf. Luke 9:49
Num. 11:29a| Oh| 1|Cor. 14:5
Num. 11:291| all
| Moses desired that all the people of Israel would be prophets, those who spoke for God (see note 11 in Exo. 7). This word was a great prophecy uttered by Moses. It was promoted by Paul in 1|Cor. 14 and is fulfilled in God’s New Testament economy by the prophesying of the believers in the church meetings (1|Cor. 14:24, 31).
Num. 11:31a| quails| Exo. 16:13;| Psa. 105:40;| cf. Psa. 78:26-28
Num. 11:33a| teeth| Psa. 78:30
Num. 11:33b| anger| Psa. 78:31
Num. 11:341a| Kibroth-hattaavah| Deut. 9:22
| Meaning graves of lust. God’s dealing with those who lusted was for the purpose of clearing up the mixed multitude, thus purifying His people.
Num. 11:34b| lusted| Psa. 106:14;| 1|Cor. 10:6
Num. 11:35a| From| Num. 33:17