Numbers 11:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ The foreigners that had joined the people of Israel began wanting other things to eat. Soon all the people of Israel began complaining again. The people said, “We want to eat meat!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ And the mixed multitude among them [the rabble who followed Israel from Egypt] began to lust greatly [for familiar and dainty food], and the Israelites wept again and said, Who will give us meat to eat?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Common English Bible

⁴ The riffraff among them had a strong craving. Even the Israelites cried again and said, “Who will give us meat to eat?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ So then, the mix of common people, who had ascended with them, were enflamed with desire, and sitting and weeping, with the sons of Israel joining them, they said, "Who will give us flesh to eat?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ For a mixt multitude of people, that came up with them, burned with desire, sitting and weeping, (the children of Israel also being joined with them,) and said: Who shall give us flesh to eat?

Numbers 11:4 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:3

So when the people of Israel heard that law, they obeyed it. They separated themselves from the people that were descendants {\cf2\super [80]} of foreigners.

Psalm 106:14

Our ancestors became hungry in the desert.\par And they tested God in the wilderness.\par

Exodus 12:38

There were many, many sheep, cattle and other things. There were also many different kinds of people traveling with them. These people were not Israelites, but they left Egypt with the people of Israel.

Exodus 16:12

“I have heard the complaints of the people of Israel. So tell them, ‘Tonight you will eat meat. And in the morning you will have all the bread you want. Then you will know you can trust the Lord, your God.’”

Exodus 16:3

The people said, “It would have been better if the Lord had just killed us in the land of Egypt. At least there we had plenty to eat. We had all the food we needed. But now you have brought us out here into this desert. So he can make us die from hunger.”

Jeremiah 42:14

And you might say, ‘No, we will go and live in Egypt. We will not be bothered with war in that place. We will not hear the trumpets of war. And in Egypt we will not be hungry.’

Numbers 11:18

“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.

Numbers 14:1

That night all the people in the camp began yelling loudly.

Numbers 14:22

None of the people I led out of Egypt will ever see the land of Canaan. Those people saw my glory and the great signs that I did in Egypt. And they saw the great things that I did in the desert. But they disobeyed me and tested me ten times.

Numbers 16:13

You have brought us out of a land filled with many good things. [202] You brought us to the desert to kill us. And now you want to show that you have even more power over us.

Romans 13:14

But become like the Lord Jesus Christ, so when people see what you do, they will see Christ. Don’t think about how to satisfy your sinful self and the bad things you want to do.

1 Corinthians 10:6

And these things that happened are examples for us. These examples should stop us from wanting evil things like those people did.

1 Corinthians 15:33

Don’t be fooled: “Bad friends will ruin good habits.”

Deuteronomy 9:22

“Also, at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth Hattaavah you made the Lord angry.