4And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
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Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. …
Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-15)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, Ps. 78:19), notwithstanding his glorious appearances both to them and for them. Observe, 1. Who were the criminals. (1.) The mixed multitude began, they fell a lusting , Num. 11:4. The rabble that cam…
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