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Numbers 11:21

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.

KJV

Et ait Moyses : Sexcenta millia peditum hujus populi sunt : et tu dicis : Dabo eis esum carnium mense integro ?

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς πρὸς Κύριον Ἑξακόσιαι χιλιάδες πεζῶν ὁ λαὸς ἐν οἷς εἰμὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ σὺ εἶπας Κρέα δώσω αὐτοῖς φαγεῖν, καὶ φάγονται μῆνα ἡμερῶν·

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּאמֶר֮ מֹשֶׁה֒ שֵׁשׁ מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֨לֶף֙ רַגְלִ֔י הָ/עָ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָנֹכִ֖י בְּ/קִרְבּ֑/וֹ וְ/אַתָּ֣ה אָמַ֗רְתָּ בָּשָׂר֙ אֶתֵּ֣ן לָ/הֶ֔ם וְ/אָכְל֖וּ חֹ֥דֶשׁ יָמִֽים

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Moses

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
chdsh
noun · 280×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ם
m
verb · 811×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מֵא֖וֹת
m'vt
adjective · 581×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
רַגְלִ֑י
rgly
adjective · 12×
שֵׁ֥שׁ
shsh
adjective · 215×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 7:2 — Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine ey
  • Exod 12:37 — And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
  • Exod 12:37 — And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.
  • Exod 38:26 — A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand
  • Gen 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
  • John 6:7 — Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
  • Mark 6:37 — He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?
  • Mark 8:4 — And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
  • Mark 10:27 — And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
  • Num 1:46 — Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.
  • Ps 78:20 — Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?