Numbers 11:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 11:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 11:21 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them fles..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 11:21 — KJV
“And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.”
— Numbers 11:21 (KJV)
Numbers 11:21 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 11:21
“And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 11:21: people, hundred, give
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 11:21: people, among, whom
“Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 11:21: people, give, flesh
“In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. windows: or, floodgates”
Shares key themes with Numbers 11:21: six, hundred, eat
“And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 11:21: whom, hast, give
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