Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 11:1

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
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11:1-35 This is one of many occasions in the wilderness when Israel was disobedient to the Lord. 11:1 Soon the people began to complain. . . . Then the Lord’s anger blazed: The link between Israel’s complaints and God’s anger is a major theme of Numbers and throughout the Old Testament (e.g., Deut 9:22; Ps 78). God is holy and just, and he demands obedience from his people. Complaints are equivalent to rejecting him (cp. Num 11:20). • their hardship: Mount Sinai had provided a stable residence for a year; the road to Paran provided heat, thirst, and fatigue. • fire . . . destroyed some: Cp. Lev 10:2.

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