Numbers 11:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ “Tell these things to the people: Make yourselves ready for tomorrow. Tomorrow you will eat meat. The Lord heard you when you cried. The Lord heard your words when you said, ‘We need meat to eat! It was better for us in Egypt!’ So now the Lord will give you meat. And you will eat it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ And say to the people, Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the hearing of the Lord, saying, Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt. Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh; for ye have wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore Jehovah will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ To the people you will say, ‘Make yourselves holy for tomorrow; then you will eat meat, for you’ve cried in the LORD’s hearing, “Who will give us meat to eat? It was better for us in Egypt.” The LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ You shall also say to the people: Be sanctified. Tomorrow you will eat flesh. For I have heard you say: 'Who will give us flesh to eat? It was well with us in Egypt.' So then, may the Lord give you flesh. And you will eat,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ And thou shalt say to the people: Be ye sanctified: to-morrow you shall eat flesh. For I have heard you say: Who will give us flesh to eat? It was well with us in Egypt. That the Lord may give you flesh, and you may eat:

Numbers 11:18 Cross References

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob said to his family and to all his servants, “Destroy all those foreign gods made of wood and metal that you have. Make yourselves pure. Put on clean clothes.

Job 20:13

A bad person enjoys evil.\par He hates to let it go.\par It is like a sweet candy\par he keeps in his mouth.\par

Job 20:23

When the evil person has eaten all he wants,\par God will throw his burning anger\par against that person.\par God will rain punishment\par down on the evil person.\par

Psalm 78:20

He hit the rock\par and a flood of water came out.\par Surely he can give us some bread and meat!”\par

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, “You have been complaining, and the Lord has heard your complaints. So tonight the Lord will give you meat. And in the morning you will have all the bread you need. You have been complaining to Aaron and me. But now, maybe we will have a little rest. Remember, you are not complaining against Aaron and me. You are complaining against the Lord.”

Exodus 19:10

And the Lord said to Moses, “Today and tomorrow you must prepare the people for a special meeting. The people must wash their clothes

Exodus 19:15

Then Moses said to the people, “Be ready for the meeting with God in three days. Until that time, the men must not touch the women.”

Exodus 19:22

Also tell the priests who will come near me that they must prepare themselves for this special meeting. If they don’t do this, then I will punish them.”

Numbers 11:1

The people started complaining about their troubles. The Lord heard their complaints. The Lord heard these things and became angry. Fire from the Lord burned among the people. The fire burned some of the areas at the edge of the camp.

Numbers 11:19

You will eat it for more than one, or two, or five, or ten, or even twenty days!

Acts 7:39

“But our ancestors did not want to obey Moses. They rejected him. They wanted to go back to Egypt again.

Joshua 7:13

“Now go and make the people pure. Tell the people, ‘Make yourselves pure. Prepare for tomorrow. The Lord God of Israel says that some people are keeping things that he commanded to be destroyed. You will never be able to defeat your enemies until you throw away those things.

Judges 21:2

The people of Israel went to the city of Bethel. There they sat before God until evening. They cried loudly as they sat there.