Numbers 11:12

“Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them? etc.] Conceived them as a mother, or begotten them as a father? am I a parent of either sort to them, in a literal sense, that I should have the like care of them as parents of their children? but though this was not the case, yet, in a civil and political sense, he was their parent, as every king and governor of a country is, or should be, the father of it, and should have a paternal affection for his subjects, and a tender care of them, and a hearty concern for their good and welfare: this, in a spiritual sense, may denote the weakness of the law of Moses, as Ainsworth observes, which has no concern in the regeneration of the…”

“Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah. Numbers 11:4 The mixt multitude - The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff,” and denotes a mob of people scraped together. It refers here to the multitude of strangers (see Exodus 12:38) who had followed the Israelites from Egypt. Numbers 11:5 The natural dainties of Egypt are set forth in this passage with the fullness and relish which bespeak personal experience. Numbers 11:6-7 There is nothing at all ... - literally, “Nought at all have we except that our eyes are unto this manna;” i. e. “Nought else have we to expect beside this manna.” On the manna see Exodus 16:15 note; on bdellium see Genesis 2:12 note. Numbers 11:10 The weeping was general;…”

“Have I begotten them? - Are they my children, that I should be obliged to provide food and all things for their necessity and desire? Numbers 11:14”

“Carry them: Isa 40:11; Eze 34:23; Joh 10:11 as a nursing: Isa 49:15, Isa 49:23; Gal 4:19; Th1 2:7 the land: Gen 13:15, Gen 22:16, Gen 22:17, Gen 26:3, Gen 50:24; Exo 13:5 Numbers 11:13”