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Numbers 11:21

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11:21Moses said, “The people around me51 are 600,000 on foot;52 but you say, ‘I will give them meat,53 that they may eat54 for a whole month.’

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  1. 51 Heb “the people who I am in their midst,” i.e., among whom I am.
  2. 52 The Hebrew sentence stresses the number. The sentence begins “600,000.…”
  3. 53 The word order places the object first here: “Meat I will give them.” This adds to the contrast between the number and the statement of the Lord.
  4. 54 The verb is the perfect tense with a vav (ו) consecutive, carrying the sequence from the preceding imperfect tense. However, this verb may be subordinated to the preceding to express a purpose clause.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But Moses said, “The people among whom I am number six hundred thousand on foot, and you have said, ‘I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month!’

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But Moses said, “Here I am among six hundred thousand men on foot, and you say, ‘I will give them meat to eat for a whole month!’

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But Moses replied, “I’m in the middle of a people with six hundred thousand foot soldiers, yet you say, ‘I will give them meat, and they will eat for a month.’

NLTNew Living Translation

But Moses responded to the Lord, “There are 600,000 foot soldiers here with me, and yet you say, ‘I will give them meat for a whole month!’

LEBThe Lexham English 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.’

KJV 1900King 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.