Numbers 11:18

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And say to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat, for you have wailed in the hearing of the Lord, saying, “If only we had meat to eat! Surely it was better for us in Egypt.” Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat.

Cross References

Genesis 35:2

So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, “Put away the foreign gods that are among you, and purify yourselves, and change your clothes;

Job 20:13

though they are loath to let it go and hold it in their mouths,

Job 20:23

To fill their belly to the full, God will send his fierce anger into them and rain it upon them as their food.

Psalm 78:20

Even though he struck the rock so that water gushed out and torrents overflowed, can he also give bread or provide meat for his people?”

Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and your fill of bread in the morning, because the Lord has heard the complaining that you utter against him—what are we? Your complaining is not against us but against the Lord.”

Exodus 19:10

the Lord said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. Have them wash their clothes

Exodus 19:15

And he said to the people, “Prepare for the third day; do not go near a woman.”

Exodus 19:22

Even the priests who approach the Lord must consecrate themselves, or the Lord will break out against them.”

Numbers 11:1

Now when the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, the Lord heard it, and his anger was kindled. Then the fire of the Lord burned against them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp.

Numbers 11:19

You shall eat not only one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,

Acts 7:39

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

Joshua 7:13

Proceed to sanctify the people and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: There are devoted things among you, O Israel; you will be unable to stand before your enemies until you take away the devoted things from among you.

Judges 21:2

And the people came to Bethel and sat there until evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.