Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 11:4

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
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11:4-15 Israel had not relinquished the attitude that brought about the judgment at Taberah (11:1-3), so they readily joined the foreign rabble in craving the delicacies of Egypt, forgetting the misery of slavery there. 11:4-6 Oh, for some meat! The Israelites had flocks and herds (e.g., 32:1; Exod 12:32, 38; 17:3; 34:3), but the animals were more valuable for their dairy products and other benefits produced while alive and were only butchered for meat on a selective basis. The Hebrews would not have had enough meat to feed such a large population regularly (cp. Num 11:21-22).

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