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Numbers 21:5

King James Version (KJV)

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Numbers 21:5

Verse 5 of 35

Scripture focus

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for [there is] no bread, neither [is there any] water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

Numbers 21:5 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 21:5

Theological / Devotional

Brought us up. The form of the Hebrew verb here used is another sign of their growing impatience, being the causal form: “caused us to go up.”

No bread. They had an abundance of food, but were rebellious about the monotony of their heavenly diet.

Light bread. The Hebrew word translated “light,” which occurs nowhere else in the Bible, is from the root “to be light,” that is, to hold in low esteem. The people were thinking of the varied and spicy foods of Egypt.

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