Numbers 11:18

New American Bible - revised edition

To the people, however, you shall say: “Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, when you shall have meat to eat. For in the hearing of the Lord you have cried, ‘If only we had meat for food! Oh, how well off we were in Egypt!’ Therefore the Lord will give you meat to eat,

Cross References

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob told his household and all who were with him: “Get rid of the foreign gods among you; then purify yourselves and change your clothes.

Job 20:13

Though he retains it and will not let it go but keeps it still within his mouth,

Job 20:23

When he has filled his belly, God shall send against him the fury of his wrath and rain down his missiles upon him.

Psalm 78:20

True, when he struck the rock, water gushed forth, the wadies flooded. But can he also give bread, or provide meat to his people?”

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and in the morning your fill of bread, and hears the grumbling you utter against him, who then are we? Your grumbling is not against us, but against the Lord.”

Exodus 19:10

the Lord said to Moses: Go to the people and have them sanctify themselves today and tomorrow. Have them wash their garments

Exodus 19:15

He said to the people, “Be ready for the third day. Do not approach a woman.” The Great Theophany.

Exodus 19:22

For their part, the priests, who approach the Lord must sanctify themselves; else the Lord will break out in anger against them.

Numbers 11:1

Now the people complained bitterly in the hearing of the Lord; and when he heard it his wrath flared up, so that the Lord’s fire burned among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.

Numbers 11:19

and you will eat it, not for one day, or two days, or five, or ten, or twenty days,

Acts 7:39

“Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him; instead, they pushed him aside and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

Joshua 7:13

Get up, sanctify the people. Tell them, “Sanctify yourselves before tomorrow, for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: That which is banned is in your midst, Israel. You cannot stand up to your enemies until you remove it from among you.

Judges 21:2

So the people went to Bethel and remained there before God until evening, raising their voices in bitter weeping.