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Shall flocks and herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?
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The Limits of Human Logic
Commentators explain that Moses' questions are a form of "natural hyperbole." Overwhelmed, he can only see the impossibility of feeding millions from a human perspective. As one scholar notes, Moses considers only livestock and fish, failing to imagine that God could provide something else entirely, like the quail He sends.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah.
(Numbers 11:4) The mixt multitude — The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff” a…
19th Century
Anglican
Shall the flocks and the herds...?—Rather, Shall flocks and herds...?
The definite article is not used her…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them ? &c.] Suggesting t…
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