King James Version
psalm 78:29 in the King James Version says “So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;” — study this verse from psalm chapter 78 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;”
psalm 78:29 · KJV
He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: feathered: Heb. fowl of wing
And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.
So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. smote: Heb. made to bow Chosen: or, young men
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