KJV King James Version
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?
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Numbers 11:4
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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
WEB World English Bible
The mixed multitude that was among them lusted exceedingly: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, “Who will give us flesh to eat?
ASV American Standard Version
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?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the rabble who are in its midst have lusted greatly, and the sons of Israel also turn back and weep, and say, ‘Who doth give us flesh?
Surrounding context — Numbers 11
1 And [when] the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard [it]; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed [them that were] in the uttermost parts of the camp.
2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched.
3 And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them.
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?
5 We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:
6 But now our soul [is] dried away: [there is] nothing at all, beside this manna, [before] our eyes.
7 And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָֽאסַפְסֻף֙H628 · a.se.pe.suphrabbleאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichבְּקִרְבּ֔וֹH7130 · qe.reventrails: amongהִתְאַוּ֖וּH183 · a.vahto desireתַּאֲוָ֑הH8378 · ta.a.vahdesireוַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּH7725 · shuvto return: returnוַיִּבְכּ֗וּH1058 · ba.khahto weepגַּ֚םH1571 · gamalsoבְּנֵ֣יH1121 · benson: childיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּH559 · a.marto sayמִ֥יH4310 · miwho?יַאֲכִלֵ֖נוּH398 · a.khalto eatבָּשָֽׂר׃H1320 · ba.sarflesh
Cross-references
1 Corinthians 10:6Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.Exodus 12:38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, [even] very much cattle.Psalm 106:14But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.Psalm 78:18-20And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust.1 Corinthians 15:33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.Leviticus 24:10-11And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father [was] an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish [woman] and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;Nehemiah 13:3Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.Romans 13:14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
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