‘I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
Numbers 11:21 - New International Version (Anglicised) But Moses said, ‘Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, “I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Moses said, The people among whom I am are 600,000 footmen [besides all the women and children], and You have said, I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month! American Standard Version (1901) And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. Common English Bible Moses said, “The people I’m with are six hundred thousand on foot and you’re saying, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’ Catholic Public Domain Version And Moses said: "There are six hundred thousand footmen of this people, and yet you say, 'I will give them flesh to eat for a whole month.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Moses said: There are six hundred thousand footmen of this people, and sayest thou: I will give them flesh to eat a whole month? |
‘I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about six hundred thousand men on foot, besides women and children.
one beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone who had crossed over to those counted, twenty years old or more, a total of 603,550 men.
Where can I get meat for all these people? They keep wailing to me, “Give us meat to eat!”
but for a whole month – until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it – because you have rejected the Lord, who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’ ” ’
Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?’
These are the Israelites, counted according to their families. All the men in the camps, by their divisions, number 603,550.