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Numbers 11

Num. 11:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the mixtp multitude
'acpcuph (Hebrew #628)
gathered up together, i.e. a promiscuous assemblage (of people)
KJV usage: mixt multitude.
Pronounce: as-pes-oof'
Origin: by reduplication from 624
that was among
qereb (Hebrew #7130)
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
KJV usage: X among, X before, bowels, X unto charge, + eat (up), X heart, X him, X in, inward (X -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, + out of, purtenance, X therein, X through, X within self.
Pronounce: keh'-reb
Origin: from 7126
them θfell a lusting
ta'avah (Hebrew #8378)
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
KJV usage: dainty, desire, X exceedingly, X greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also 6914.
Pronounce: tah-av-aw'
Origin: from 183 (abbreviated)
'avah (Hebrew #183)
to wish for
KJV usage: covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
Pronounce: aw-vaw'
Origin: a primitive root
: and the children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
also κwept
bakah (Hebrew #1058)
to weep; generally to bemoan
KJV usage: X at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, X more, mourn, X sore, X with tears, weep.
Pronounce: baw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
again
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, Whoq shall give us flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
to eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Ex. 12:38• 38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks and herds—very much cattle. (Ex. 12:38)
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lusted a lust.
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returned and wept.
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1 Cor. 10:6• 6But these things happened as types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, even as they also lusted. (1 Cor. 10:6)

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the mixed.
Ex. 12:38• 38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks and herds—very much cattle. (Ex. 12:38)
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Lev. 24:10‑11• 10And the son of an Israelitish woman, but who [was] son of an Egyptian man, went forth among the children of Israel; and this son of the Israelitish [woman] quarreled with an Israelitish man together in the camp.
 11And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed; and they brought him to Moses (and his mother's name [was] Shelomith, daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan). (Lev. 24:10‑11)
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Neh. 13:3• 3And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. (Neh. 13:3)
fell a lusting.
Heb. lusted a lust.
the children.
1 Cor. 15:33• 33Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. (1 Cor. 15:33)
wept again.
Heb. returned and wept.
Who shall.
Psa. 78:18‑20• 18And they tempted God in their hearts{HR}By asking food for their lust (souls).
 19And they spoke against God; they said,{HR}Shall God be able to furnish a table in the wilderness?
 20Behold, he smote the rock,{HR}And waters gushed out,{HR}And streams overflowed;{HR}Can he give bread also,{HR}Or provide flesh for his people? (Psa. 78:18‑20)
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Psa. 106:14• 14And lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,{HR}And tempted God in the desert. (Psa. 106:14)
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Rom. 13:14• 14but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and take no forethought of the flesh with a view to lusts. (Rom. 13:14)
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1 Cor. 10:6• 6But these things happened as types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, even as they also lusted. (1 Cor. 10:6)
• The “mixed multitude,” were those who came up with Israel, the wonderful people God wrought so marvelously for in Egypt. They thought it would be a good thing to identify themselves with a people for whom God so wrought. There was no work of grace in them.... I have known a young man say, “I shall join that body of Christians, they help one another.” I remember a brother who had belonged to a large so-called “church,” and sought fellowship, confessing that what he had come from was largely a political machine, and a place to help you get on in the world; and also a mean of raising money. (“Chapter 11.” by J.A. Taylor, of Worthing)
• There is nothing more damaging to the cause of Christ or to the souls of His people than association with men of mixed principles. It is very much more dangerous than having to do with open and avowed enemies. Satan knows this well, and hence his constant effort to lead the Lord’s people to link themselves with those who are only half and half; or, on the other hand, to introduce spurious materials — false professors, into the midst of those who are seeking, in any measure, to pursue a path of separation from the world. We have repeated allusions to this special character of evil, in the New Testament. We have it both prophetically in the Gospels, and historically in the Acts and in the Epistles. Thus we have the tares and the leaven in Matthew 13. Then, in the Acts, we find persons attaching themselves to the assembly who were like the “mixed multitude” of Numbers 11. And, finally, we have apostolic reference to spurious materials introduced by the enemy for the purpose of corrupting the testimony and subverting the souls of God’s people. Thus the apostle Paul speaks of “false brethren unawares brought in” (Gal. 2:4). Jude also speaks of “certain men crept in unawares” (vs. 4). (“Numbers 11” by C.H. Mackintosh)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?

W. Kelly Translation

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And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)