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Numbers 11:5 Cross-References
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“We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:”
Numbers 11:5 (KJV)
Commentary on Numbers 11:5
Israel's complaint reveals spiritual amnesia—they remembered Egypt's food while forgetting its slavery. The 'fish freely' (Hebrew 'chinam', meaning 'without cost') betrays selective memory, as their labor built Egypt's cities. This nostalgia for bondage illustrates how sin deceives by highlighting fleeting pleasures while obscuring heavy chains. Psalm 106:7 confirms Israel 'remembered not the multitude of thy mercies.'
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Numbers 11:5
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“We wish that we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
“whose god is the belly”
“Yahweh”