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Forgetting the Cost of 'Free'
Commentators like Matthew Henry and John Gill highlight the Israelites' selective memory. They remembered the fish and vegetables as 'free,' but conveniently forgot the brutal slavery that was the true cost. This serves as a powerful warning against romanticizing a past life of sin or hardship while devaluing God's present, gracious provision.
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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 11:5
19th Century
Bishop
We remember the fish ... — Classical writers and modern travelers agree in testifying to the abundance of fish in the Nile and in …
Charles Spurgeon
On Numbers 11:5
19th Century
Preacher
Fine stuff, that, to recollect! "Why!" you say, "you have read something very much like that before." I am reading another record; but there is no …
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John Calvin
On Numbers 11:5
16th Century
Theologian
We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt. By this comparison with their former way of life, they depreciate the present grace of God…
John Gill
On Numbers 11:5
17th Century
Pastor
We remember the fish which we ate in Egypt freely
Fish was food the Egyptians much lived upon; for though Herodotus …
Matthew Henry
On Numbers 11:4–9
17th Century
Minister
Man, having forsaken his proper rest, feels uneasy and wretched, even when prosperous. They were weary of the provision God had made for them, even…