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The Staggering Scale of Greed
Commentators emphasize the sheer scale of the people's greed. They worked for 36 hours straight, and even the person who gathered the least collected 'ten homers'—an amount estimated to be over 55 bushels. This wasn't about satisfying hunger; it was an act of obsessive gluttony and hoarding, as they spread the quail out to be dried and preserved for the future.
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Albert Barnes
On Numbers 11:4–35
18th Century
Theologian
Occurrences at Kibroth-hattavah.
(Numbers 11:4) The mixt multitude — The word in the original resembles our “riff-raff” a…
Charles Ellicott
On Numbers 11:32
19th Century
Bishop
Ten homers. —The homer, which was equal to ten ephahs, or a hundred omers, appears to have contained between five and six…
John Gill
On Numbers 11:32
17th Century
Pastor
And the people stood up all that day
The day on which they fell in the morning:
and all [that] ni…
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Matthew Henry
On Numbers 11:31–35
17th Century
Minister
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 labori…