Matthew Henry Commentary Numbers 11:31-35

"And there went forth a wind from Jehovah, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day`s journey on this side, and a day`s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and about two cubits above the face of the earth. And the people rose up all that day, and all the night, and all the next day, and gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the people, and Jehovah smote the people with a very great plague. And the name of that place was called Kibrothhattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted. From Kibrothhattaavah the people journeyed unto Hazeroth; and they abode at Hazeroth." — Numbers 11:31-35 (ASV)

God fulfilled His promise to the people by giving them flesh. How much more diligent people are in collecting the food that perishes than in laboring for food that endures to everlasting life! We are keen-sighted in the affairs of time, but stupidity blinds us to the concerns of eternity.

To pursue worldly advantages, we need no arguments; but when we are to secure the true riches, then we are entirely forgetful. Those who are under the power of a carnal mind will have their lusts fulfilled, even if it leads to the certain damage and ruin of their precious souls. They paid dearly for their feasts. God often grants the desires of sinners in wrath, while He denies the desires of His own people in love.

We have reason to fear that what we improperly desire, if we obtain it, will in some way or another become a grief and a cross to us. And what multitudes there are everywhere who shorten their lives by excess of one kind or another! Let us seek those pleasures that satisfy but never over-satiate, and which will endure forever.