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36 And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, unto the many
thousands of Israel.
Numbers-11
The Lord Sends Quails
1 And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord: and the
Lord heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp.
2 And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the
Lord, the fire was quenched.
Here is,
I The people's sin. They complained, Nu 11:1. They were, as it were, complainers. So it is in the margin. There were some secret grudgings and discontents among them, which as yet did not break out in an open mutiny. But how great a matter did this little fire kindle! They had received from God excellent laws and ordinances, and yet no sooner had they departed from the mount of the Lord than they began to quarrel with God himself. See in this,
1 The sinfulness of sin, which takes occasion from the commandment to be the more provoking.
2 The weakness of the law through the flesh, Ro 8:3. The law discovered sin, but could not destroy it; checked it, but could not conquer it. They complained. Interpreters enquire what they complained of; and truly, when they were furnished with so much matter for thanksgiving, one may justly wonder where they found any matter for complaint; it is probable that those who complained did not all agree in the cause. Some perhaps complained that they were removed from Mount Sinai, where they had been at rest so long, others that they did