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20 but for a whole month,[a] until it comes out from your nose and becomes as nausea to you; because you have rejected Yahweh, who is in your midst, and you wept before his presence,[b] saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’” 21 But Moses said, “There are six hundred thousand on foot, among whom I am in the midst, and you yourself said, ‘I will give meat to them, and they will eat for a whole month.’ 22 Should flocks and cattle be slaughtered for them? Should all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be enough for them?”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 11:20 Literally “until a period of one month”
  2. Numbers 11:20 Literally “before his face”

20 but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and you loathe it(A)—because you have rejected the Lord,(B) who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, “Why did we ever leave Egypt?”’”(C)

21 But Moses said, “Here I am among six hundred thousand men(D) on foot, and you say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!’ 22 Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Would they have enough if all the fish in the sea were caught for them?”(E)

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