Numbers 11

Treated in 8 passages across the library.

  • 11:11 Moses said to the LORD, "Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? Why do I find no favor with you, that you load me with the burden of this whole people? 3
  • 11:1 Now the people began complaining about their hardships in the hearing of the LORD. When the LORD heard it, his anger flared up, and fire from the LORD broke out among them and burned up part of the outer edge of the camp. 2
  • 11:14 I cannot carry this whole people on my own. The load is too heavy for me. 1
  • 11:18 And tell the people, 'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat. You have wailed in the hearing of the LORD, "If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!" So the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat it. 1
  • 11:23 The LORD said to Moses, "Is the reach of the LORD too short? Now you will see whether my word comes about for you or not." 1

Open Word Bible

  1. The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High · A. B. Simpson

    The Spirit of Wisdom cites Numbers xi. 11

    …the work for which He sends us. III. The next example of the Spirit of wisdom we find in Numbers xi. 11 to 17, and also verses 24 to 29. This passage is similar to the last in its general…

  2. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    May cites Num. xi. 14

    …May 19 I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. Num. xi. 14. It is most needful for all servants of Christ to remember that whenever the Lord places…

  3. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Thanksgiving Versus Complaining cites Numbers 11:1

    …of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled” (Numbers 11:1). We are tempted to think our “spiritual” complaining doesn't displease him—that it is a…

  4. Days of Heaven Upon Earth · A. B. Simpson

    April cites Num. xi. 1

    …Thy word forever, And settle it all to-day. April 12 “They were as it were, complainers” (Num. xi. 1). There is a very remarkable phrase in the book of Numbers, in the account of the…

  5. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    June cites Numbers 11:23

    …zeal. June 8 “Thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.” (Numbers 11:23) God had made a positive promise to Moses that for the space of a whole month he would…

  6. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    October cites Numbers 11:11

    …drink abundantly, O beloved.” October 7 “Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant?” (Numbers 11:11) Our heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to try our faith. If our faith be worth…

  7. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Humiliation in His Incarnation cites Num. 11:11

    …them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them?’ Num. 11:11, 22. As if he had said, in plain language, he did not see how the people of Israel, being…

  8. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Num. 11:18

    …not to have been heard by the Lord, than to swallow his indignation with their flesh (Num. 11:18, 33). 52. But if our sense is not able till after long expectation to perceive what the…