Numbers 11:19

Myles Coverdale Bible

not one daye, not two, not fyue, not ten, not twentye dayes longe,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days,

King James Version
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

Lexham English Bible
You will eat, not one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,

New Century Version
You will eat it not for just one, two, five, ten, or even twenty days,

New English Translation
You will eat, not just one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

Amplified Bible
'You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

New American Standard Bible
'You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Ye shal not eat one day nor two daies, nor fiue daies, neither ten daies, nor twentie dayes,

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

Contemporary English Version
In fact, they will have meat day after day for a whole month—not just a few days, or even ten or twenty. They turned against me and wanted to return to Egypt. Now they will eat meat until they get sick of it.

Complete Jewish Bible
You won't eat it just one day, or two days, or five, or ten, or twenty days,

Darby Translation
Not one day shall ye eat, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

Easy-to-Read Version
You will eat it for more than one, or two, or five, or ten, or even twenty days!

English Standard Version
You shall not eat just one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,

George Lamsa Translation
You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

Good News Translation
You will have to eat it not just for one or two days, or five, or ten, or even twenty days,

Christian Standard Bible®
You will eat, not for one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,

Literal Translation
You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days;

American Standard Version
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days,

Bible in Basic English
Not for one day only, or even for five or ten or twenty days;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall not eate one day nor two, nor fiue dayes, neither ten, nor twentie dayes:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

King James Version (1611)
Ye shall not eate one day, nor two dayes, nor fiue dayes, neither ten dayes, nor twentie dayes:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days;

English Revised Version
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

Berean Standard Bible
You will eat it not for one or two days, nor for five or ten or twenty days,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and that ye ete not o dai, ethir tweyne, ethir fyue, ethir ten, sotheli nether twenti,

Young's Literal Translation
Ye do not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days; --

Update Bible Version
You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days,

Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;

World English Bible
You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days,

New King James Version
You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

New Living Translation
And it won't be for just a day or two, or for five or ten or even twenty.

New Life Bible
You will not eat it for only one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days.

New Revised Standard
You shall eat not only one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Not one day, shall ye eat nor two days, - nor five days nor ten days, nor twenty days:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Not for one day, nor two, nor five, nor ten, no nor for twenty.

Revised Standard Version
You shall not eat one day, or two days, or five days, or ten days, or twenty days,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ And the LORDE saide vnto Moses: Gather vnto me seuentye men amonge the Elders of Israel, whom thou knowest yt they are the Elders in ye people and officers ouer them, and brynge them before the Tabernacle of witnesse, and set them there with the: ¹⁷ then wil I come downe, and talke with the euen there, & take of thy sprete that is vpon the, and putt it vpon them, that they maye beare the burthen of the people with the, yt thou beare not all alone. ¹⁸ And vnto ye people thou shalt saye: Sactifye yor selues agaynst tomorow, yt ye maye eate flesh: for youre wepynge is come into the eares of the LORDE, ye that saye: Who shal geue vs flesh to eate? for we were well at ease in Egipte. Therfore shal the LORDE geue you flesh to eate, ¹⁹ not one daye, not two, not fyue, not ten, not twentye dayes longe, ²⁰ but a moneth longe, tyll it go out at youre noses, and tyll ye lothe it: euen because ye haue refused the LORDE, which is amonge you, and haue wepte before him, & sayde: Wherfore wente we out of Egipte? ²¹ And Moses sayde: Sixe hundreth thousande fote men are there of the people amoge whom I am, and thou sayest: I wyll geue you flesh to eate a moneth loge. ²² Shal the shepe and oxen be slayne to be ynough for them? Or shal all the fishes of the see be gathered together, to be sufficient for them? ²³ The LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Is the LORDES hande shortened then? But now shalt thou se, whether my wordes shall be fulfilled in dede, or no?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

About a year before this, the people had been thus feasted for one day - Exodus 16:13, but now such plenty was to be afforded them for a whole month, and they should use it so greedily, that at last they should entirely loathe the food for which they had so inordinately craved.

Reciprocal: Psalms 78:27 - He rained

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye shall not eat one day,.... Only, as in Exodus 16:12;

nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; but even thirty days, a whole month, as in Numbers 11:20.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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; every family wept (compare Zechariah 12:12), and in a manner public and unconcealed.

Numbers 11:11-15

The complaint and remonstrance of Moses may be compared with that in 1 Kings 19:4 ff; Jonah 4:1-3, and contrasted with the language of Abraham (Genesis 18:23 ff) The meekness of Moses (compare Numbers 12:3) sank under vexation into despair. His language shows us how imperfect and prone to degeneracy are the best saints on earth.

Numbers 11:16

Seventy men of the elders of Israel - Seventy elders had also gone up with Moses to the Lord in the mount Exodus 24:1, Exodus 24:9. Seventy is accordingly the number of colleagues assigned to Moses to share his burden with him. To it, the Jews trace the origin of the Sanhedrim. Subsequent notices Numbers 16:25; Joshua 7:6; Joshua 8:10, Joshua 8:33; Joshua 9:11; Joshua 23:2; Joshua 24:1, Joshua 24:31 so connect the elders with the government of Israel as to point to the fact that the appointment now made was not a merely temporary one, though it would seem to have soon fallen into desuetude. We find no traces of it in the days of the Judges and the Kings.

Elders of the people, and officers over them - In English idiom, “elders and officers of the people.” Both elders and officers appear in Egypt (Exodus 3:16; Exodus 5:6 ff): the former had headed the nation in its efforts after freedom; the latter were the subordinate, though unwilling, agents of Egyptian tyranny. The two classes no doubt were working together; and from those who belonged to either, perhaps from those who were both eiders and officers, the council of Seventy was to be selected.

Numbers 11:17

I will take of the spirit which is upon thee - Render rather separate from the spirit, etc.; i. e. they shall have their portion in the same divine gift which thou hast.

Numbers 11:25

They prophesied - i. e. under the extraordinary impulse of the Holy Spirit they uttered forth the praises of God, or declared His will. Compare the marginal references.

And did not cease - Rather, and added not, i. e. they prophesied at this time only and not afterward. The sign was granted on the occasion of their appointment to accredit them in their office; it was not continued, because their proper function was to be that of governing not prophesying.

Numbers 11:26

Of them that were written - i. e. enrolled among the Seventy. The expression points to a regular appointment duly recorded and permanent.

Numbers 11:29

Enviest thou for my sake? - (Compare Mark 9:38 ff) The other members of the Seventy had been with Moses (compare Numbers 6:16, Numbers 6:24-25) when the gift of prophecy was bestowed on them. They received “of the spirit that was upon him,” and exercised their office visibly through and for him. Eldad and Medad prophesying in the camp seemed to Joshua to be acting independently, and so establishing a separate center of authority.

Numbers 11:31

The southeast wind, which blew from the neighboring Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea, brought the quails Exodus 16:13.

Two cubits high - Better, “two cubits above the face of the ground:” i. e. the quails, wearied with their long flight, flew about breast high, and were easily secured by the people, who spread them all abroad for themselves Numbers 11:32, in order to salt and dry them. The quail habitually flies with the wind, and low.

Numbers 11:32

Ten homers - About 55 bushels. Compare Leviticus 27:16.

Numbers 11:33

Ere it was chewed - Better, ere it was consumed. See Numbers 11:19-20. The surfeit in which the people indulged, as described in Numbers 11:32, disposed them to sickness. God’s wrath, visiting the gluttonous through their gluttony, aggravated natural consequences into a supernatural visitation.

Numbers 11:34, Numbers 11:35

(Kibroth-hattaavah has been identified by Palmer with the extensive remains, graves, etc., at Erweis El Ebeirig, and Hazeroth “enclosures” with Ain Hadherah.)