Numbers 11:19

Ye shall not eate one day, nor two dayes, nor fiue dayes, neither ten dayes, nor twentie dayes:
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

'You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,
- New American Standard Version (1995)

Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days,
- American Standard Version (1901)

Not for one day only, or even for five or ten or twenty days;
- Basic English Bible

Not one day shall ye eat, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
- Darby Bible

Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
- Webster's Bible

You will not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days,
- World English Bible

Ye do not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days; --
- Youngs Literal Bible

Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Numbers 11:19

11:17 I will come down - By my powerful presence and operation. I will put it on them - That is, I will give the same spirit to them which I have given to thee. But as the spirit was not conveyed to them from or through Moses, but immediately from God, so the spirit or its gifts were not by this means impaired in Moses. The spirit is here put for the gifts of the spirit, and particularly for the spirit of prophecy, whereby they were enabled, as Moses had been and still was, to discern hidden and future things, and resolve doubtful and difficult cases, which made them fit for government. It is observable, that God would not, and therefore men should not, call any persons to any office for which they were not sufficiently qualified.

11:18 Sanctify themselves - Prepare to meet thy God, O Israel, in the way of his judgments. Prepare yourselves by true repentance, that you may either obtain some mitigation of the plague, or, whilst your bodies are destroyed by the flesh you desire and eat, your souls may be saved from the wrath of God. Sanctifying is often used for preparing, as #Jer 6:4 12:3|. In the ears of the Lord - Not secretly in your closets, but openly and impudently in the doors of your tents, calling heaven and earth to witness.

11:20 At your nostrils - Which meat violently vomited up frequently doth. Thus God destroys them by granting their desires, and turns even their blessings into curses. Ye have despised the Lord - You have lightly esteemed his bounty and manifold blessings, you have slighted and distrusted his promises and providence after so long and large experience of it. Who is among you - Who is present and resident with you to observe all your carriage, and to punish your offences. This is added as a great aggravation of the crime, to sin in the presence of the judge. Why came we forth out of Egypt? - Why did God do us such an injury? Why did we so foolishly obey him in coming forth?

11:21 Six hundred thousand footmen - Fit for war, besides women and children. That Moses speaks this as distrusting God's word is evident; and that Moses was not remarkably punished for this as he was afterward for the same sin, #Num 20:12|, may be imputed to the different circumstances of this and that sin: this was the first offence of the kind, and therefore more easily passed by; that was after warning and against more light and experience. This seems to have been spoken secretly: that openly before the people; and therefore it was fit to be openly and severely punished to prevent the contagion of that example.