Passage Research
Numbers 11 — Sermon Preparation
The people complain about the manna and crave meat; God sends quail in abundance but also strikes those who craved it with a severe plague. Below is a research summary for Numbers 11, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Numbers 11 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 20 | people, tribe |
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 14 | Mosheh |
| מַחֲנֶה | machăneh | H4264 | 9 | encampment, army |
| בָּשָׂר | bâsâr | H1320 | 8 | flesh, freshness |
| אָכַל | ʼâkal | H398 | 9 | eat |
| אָסַף | ʼâçaph | H622 | 6 | gather, receive |
| רוּחַ | rûwach | H7307 | 6 | wind, breath |
How preachers through history handled this text
11 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 11, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Moses is to choose such as he knew to be elders, that is, wise and experienced men. God promises to qualify them. If they were not found fit for the employ, they should be made fit. Even the discontented people shall be gratified too, that every mouth may be stopped. See here, I. The vanity of all the delights of sense; they will cloy, but they will not satisfy. Spiritual pleasures alone will satisfy and last. As the world passes away, so do the lusts of it. 2. What brutish sins gluttony and drunkenness are! …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 11:16–23 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Num 11:18
- Taberah— Num 11:3
- Kibroth-hattaavah— Num 11:34
- Hazeroth— Num 11:35
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