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While the flesh was yet between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very great plague.
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Natural Means, Divine Judgment
Commentators explain that the plague was both natural and supernatural. While a massive surfeit of quail would naturally lead to sickness, God's wrath amplified these consequences into a devastating plague. This shows how God can work through natural processes to execute His divine judgment.
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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
With a very great plague. —The noun, maccah, plague, is cognate to the verb which is rendered smote. It is frequ…
16th Century
Protestant
And while the flesh was still between their teeth. Moses does not specify any particular day, but only that God did not wait until satiety…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And while the flesh [was] yet between their teeth When they had just got it into their mouths, and were about to bit…
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…
