Numbers 11:19
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
Numbers 11:19 in other translations
| BSB | You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days, |
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| WEB | You will not eat just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days, |
| ASV | Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days, |
| YLT | Ye do not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days; -- |
| DARBY | Not one day shall ye eat, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; |
| BBE | Not for one day only, or even for five or ten or twenty days; |
| Webster | Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; |
What does Numbers 11:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 11:18-20
18-20. say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to-morrow, and ye shall eat flesh--that is, "prepare yourselves," by repentance and submission, to receive to-morrow the flesh you clamor for. But it is evident that the tenor of the language implied a severe rebuke and that the blessing promised would prove a curse.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 11:16-23
Moses is to choose such as he knew to be elders, that is, wise and experienced men. God promises to qualify them. If they were not found fit for the employ, they should be made fit. Even the discontented people shall be gratified too, that every mouth may be stopped. See here, I. The vanity of all the delights of sense; they will cloy, but they will not satisfy. Spiritual pleasures alone will satisfy and last. As…
Numbers 11:19 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Numbers 11:18
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
- Numbers 11:19
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
- Numbers 11:20
But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?
Numbers 11:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No comeréis un día, ni dos días, ni cinco días, ni diez días, ni veinte días; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Vous n’en mangerez pas un jour, ni deux jours, ni cinq jours, ni dix jours, ni 20 jours, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Nicht einen Tag sollt ihr essen, und nicht zwei Tage und nicht fünf Tage und nicht zehn Tage und nicht zwanzig Tage: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | non uno die, nec duobus, vel quinque aut decem, nec viginti quidem, |