Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Moses responded, "I'm with 600,000 people on foot and you're saying I am to give them enough meat to eat for a whole month?
New American Standard Bible
But Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 on foot; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.’
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
But Moses replied, “I’m in the middle of a people with 600,000 foot soldiers,
A Conservative Version
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen, and thou have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
But Moses said, “The people, among whom I am, are 600,000 [fighting men] on foot [besides all the women and children]; yet You have said, ‘I will give them meat, so that they may eat it for a whole month!’
Bible in Basic English
Then Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, I will give them flesh to be their food for a month.
Darby Translation
And Moses said, The people in whose midst I am are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou sayest, I will give them flesh that they may eat a whole month.
Julia Smith Translation
And Moses will say, Six hundred thousand of foot the people which I am in the midst of them: and thou saidst, I will give flesh to them, and they shall eat a month of days.
King James 2000
And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But Moses said, "[There are] six hundred thousand on foot, among whom I [am] in the midst, and you yourself said, 'I will give meat to them, and they will eat for a whole month.'
Modern King James verseion
And Moses said, The people among whom I am are six hundred thousand footmen. And You have said, I will give them flesh so that they may eat a whole month!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Moses said, "Six hundred thousand footmen are there of the people, among which I am. And thou hast said, 'I will give them flesh and they shall eat a month long.'
NET Bible
Moses said, "The people around me are 600,000 on foot; but you say, 'I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.'
New Heart English Bible
Moses said, "The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, 'I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.'
The Emphasized Bible
And Moses said, Six hundred thousand footmen, are the people in whose midst am, I, yet thou hast said - Flesh, will I give unto them, a and they shall eat for a month of days.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
Moses said, "The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand men on foot; and you have said, 'I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month.'
Youngs Literal Translation
And Moses saith, 'Six hundred thousand footmen are the people in whose midst I am; and Thou, Thou hast said, Flesh I give to them, and they have eaten, a month of days!
Themes
the Armies of israel » Composed of infantry
journey of israel through the Desert » To kibroth-hattaavah » Flesh promised
Distrust » Of religious men » Moses, when told the host of israel should be fed
moses » Institutes a system of government
Prayer » Answered » Complaints » israelites » Meat
Scepticism » Of religious men » Moses, when told the host of israel should be fed
Unbelief » Of religious men » Moses, when told the host of israel should be fed
Interlinear
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me'ah
Nathan
Basar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 11:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Seventy Elders Anointed
20 but for a whole month until it comes out your nostrils and makes you vomit. This is because you've despised the LORD, who is among you, and you cried out in his presence by complaining, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?"'" 21 Moses responded, "I'm with 600,000 people on foot and you're saying I am to give them enough meat to eat for a whole month? 22 What if we were to slaughter our entire inventory of flocks and herds for them? Would that be enough? What if we could gather all the fish in the sea in nets for them? Would that be enough, either?"
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Cross References
Exodus 12:37
About 600,000 Israeli men traveled from Rameses to Succoth on foot, not counting children.
Exodus 38:26
a beka a head (a beka is half a shekel, according to the standard used in the sanctuary) for everyone who went through the registration process from 20 years old and older. The total numbered 603,550 bekas.
Numbers 1:46
The total of all those who were numbered was 603,550.
Genesis 12:2
I'll make a great nation of your descendants, I'll bless you, and I'll make your reputation great, so that you will be a blessing.
Numbers 2:32
Here is a summary of the census of the Israelis according to the tribes of their ancestral houses: All the divisions in the camps numbered 603,550,