Numbers 11:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’”
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“But Moses replied, “Here I am among 600,000 men on foot, yet You say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Moses saith, `Six hundred thousand footmen <FI>are<Fi> the people in whose midst I <FI>am<Fi> ; and Thou, Thou hast said, Flesh I give to them, and they have eaten, a month of days!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 11:21 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Exodus 12:37The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth with about 600,000 men on foot, besides women and children.
- Exodus 38:26a beka per person, that is, half a shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, from everyone twenty years of age or older who had crossed over to be numbered, a total of 603,550 men.
- Numbers 1:46And all those counted totaled 603,550.
- Numbers 2:32These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. The total of those counted in the camps, by their divisions, was 603,550.
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