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Numbers 11:9 KJV
Numbers · chapter 11 · verse 9
And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.Numbers 11:9 · King James Version
Numbers 11:9 in context
7And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.
8And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
9And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.
10Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
11And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- nightlayilproperly, a twistH3915 →
- mannamânliterally a whatnessH4478 →
- fellyâradto descend (literally, to go downwardsH3381 →
- campmachănehan encampmentH4264 →
- dewṭaldewH2919 →
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These verses represent things sadly unhinged and out of order in Israel, both the people and the prince uneasy. I. Here is the people fretting, and speaking against God himself (as it is interpreted, Psa 78:19), notwithstanding his glorious appearances both to them and for them. Observe, 1. Who were the criminals.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-15