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Numbers 11:18

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18“Tell the people: ‘Consecrate yourselvesa in preparation for tomorrow, when you will eat meat. The Lord heard you when you wailed,b “If only we had meat to eat! We were better off in Egypt!”c Now the Lord will give you meat,d and you will eat it.

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  1. aSee Ex 19:10
  2. bSee Ex 16:7
  3. cver 5; Ac 7:39
  4. dPs 78:20

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And say to the people, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing of the Lord, saying, “Who will give us meat to eat? For it was better for us in Egypt.” Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Tell the people: Consecrate yourselves in readiness for tomorrow, and you will eat meat because you wept in the Lord’s hearing, ‘Who will feed us meat? We were better off in Egypt.’ The Lord will give you meat and you will eat.

NLTNew Living Translation

“And say to the people, ‘Purify yourselves, for tomorrow you will have meat to eat. You were whining, and the Lord heard you when you cried, “Oh, for some meat! We were better off in Egypt!” Now the Lord will give you meat, and you will have to eat it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And you will say to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves tomorrow, for you will eat meat because you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, “Who will feed us good meat? It was good for us in Egypt.” Yahweh will give to you meat, and you will eat.

KJV 1900King James Version

And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.