And Moses said to the Lord, “Why are you treating me, your servant, so harshly? Have mercy on me! What did I do to deserve the burden of all these people?

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah.

(Numbers 11:4) The mixt multitude — The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff” a…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Why have you afflicted?— Literally, done evil to: the same verb, in a different conjugation, which is rendered disple…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And Moses said to the Lord, why have you afflicted
your servant ?
&c.] Or "done evil"…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The provocation was very great; yet Moses expressed himself in a way that was unbecoming of him. He undervalued the honour God had put upon him. He…