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Selected Verse: Numbers 21:5 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Nu 21:5	King James	And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
our soul loatheth this light bread--that is, bread without substance or nutritious quality. The refutation of this calumny appears in the fact, that on the strength of this food they performed for forty years so many and toilsome journeys. But they had been indulging a hope of the better and more varied fare enjoyed by a settled people; and disappointment, always the more bitter as the hope of enjoyment seems near, drove them to speak against God and against Moses (Co1 10:9).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

our soul loatheth this light bread--that is, bread without substance or nutritious quality. The refutation of this calumny appears in the fact, that on the strength of this food they performed for forty years so many and toilsome journeys. But they had been indulging a hope of the better and more varied fare enjoyed by a settled people; and disappointment, always the more bitter as the hope of enjoyment seems near, drove them to speak against God and against Moses (Co1 10:9).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
This light bread - i. e. "this vile, contemptible bread."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

This light bread - i. e. "this vile, contemptible bread."

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Against God - Against Christ, their chief conductor, whom they tempted, Co1 10:19. Thus contemptuously did they speak of Manna, whereas it appears it yielded excellent nourishment, because in the strength of it they were able to go so many and such tedious journeys.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Against God - Against Christ, their chief conductor, whom they tempted, Co1 10:19. Thus contemptuously did they speak of Manna, whereas it appears it yielded excellent nourishment, because in the strength of it they were able to go so many and such tedious journeys.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
This light bread - הקלקל hakkelokel, a word of excessive scorn; as if they had said, This innutritive, unsubstantial, cheat - stomach stuff.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

This light bread - הקלקל hakkelokel, a word of excessive scorn; as if they had said, This innutritive, unsubstantial, cheat - stomach stuff.

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