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And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic we wanted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />We remember the fish we ate in Egypt that cost nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />We remember the fish which we used to eat for free in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />We remember the fish we ate freely <i>and</i> without cost in Egypt, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />In Egypt we could eat all the fish we wanted, and there were cucumbers, melons, all kinds of onions, and garlic. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Remember all the free fish we ate in Egypt and the cucumbers, watermelons, leeks, onions, and garlic we had?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />In Egypt we used to eat all the fish we wanted, and it cost us nothing. Remember the cucumbers, the watermelons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic we had? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />How we remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for free! And the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />We remember the fish we used to eat freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />We remember the fish which we ate in Egypt freely: the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt for nothing; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />We have remembered the fish which we eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> We have remembered the fish which we do eat in Egypt for nought, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />We remembered the fish which we ate in Egypt gratuitously; the cucumbers and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlics.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />We remember the Ash that we ate in Egypt free cost: the cucumbers come into our mind, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />We remember the fish that we ate freely in Egypt; we call to mind the cucumbers, and melons, and leeks, and onions, and garlic.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />We remember the fish we used to eat without cost in Egypt, and the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />We remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt freely, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />We recall the fish that we were eating in Egypt without charge, and cucumbers and melons and leeks and onions and garlic.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />We remember the fish, which we were wont to eat in Egypt for nought; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />We remember the fish, which we ate in Egypt freely; and the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the garlic, and the onions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/11-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=3551" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm">The Complaints of the People</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat? <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2142.htm" title="2142: zā·ḵar·nū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp) -- Remember. A primitive root; properly, to mark, i.e. To remember; by implication, to mention; also to be male.">We remember</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1710.htm" title="1710: had·dā·ḡāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A fish. Feminine of dag, and meaning the same.">the fish</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: nō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">we ate</a> <a href="/hebrew/2600.htm" title="2600: ḥin·nām (Adv) -- Out of favor. From chen; gratis, i.e. Devoid of cost, reason or advantage.">freely</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: bə·miṣ·ra·yim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">in Egypt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7180.htm" title="7180: haq·qiš·šu·’îm (Art:: N-mp) -- A cucumber. From an unused root; a cucumber.">along with the cucumbers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/20.htm" title="20: hā·’ă·ḇaṭ·ṭi·ḥîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Watermelon. Of uncertain derivation; a melon.">melons,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2682.htm" title="2682: he·ḥā·ṣîr (Art:: N-ms) -- Green grass, herbage. Perhaps originally the same as chatsiyr, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek.">leeks,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1211.htm" title="1211: hab·bə·ṣā·lîm (Art:: N-mp) -- An onion. From an unused root apparently meaning to peel; an onion.">onions,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7762.htm" title="7762: haš·šū·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Garlic. From an unused root meaning to exhale; garlic.">and garlic.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-3.htm">Exodus 16:3</a></span><br />“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-13.htm">Exodus 16:13-15</a></span><br />That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. / When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground. / When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-18.htm">Psalm 78:18-20</a></span><br />They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. / They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? / When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/106-14.htm">Psalm 106:14-15</a></span><br />They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. / So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-33</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49-51</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. / This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. / I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-6.htm">1 Corinthians 10:6-10</a></span><br />These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. / Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” / We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-38.htm">Exodus 12:38</a></span><br />And a mixed multitude also went up with them, along with great droves of livestock, both flocks and herds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/14-11.htm">Exodus 14:11-12</a></span><br />They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? / Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/17-3.htm">Exodus 17:3</a></span><br />But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></span><br />He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-20.htm">Nehemiah 9:20-21</a></span><br />You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst. / For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a></span><br />They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-4.htm">Matthew 4:4</a></span><br />But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-31.htm">Matthew 6:31-32</a></span><br />Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ / For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic:</p><p class="hdg">the fish</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/16-3.htm">Exodus 16:3</a></b></br> And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, <i>and</i> when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/17-14.htm">Psalm 17:14</a></b></br> From men <i>which are</i> thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, <i>which have</i> their portion in <i>this</i> life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid <i>treasure</i>: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their <i>substance</i> to their babes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/philippians/3-19.htm">Philippians 3:19</a></b></br> Whose end <i>is</i> destruction, whose God <i>is their</i> belly, and <i>whose</i> glory <i>is</i> in their shame, who mind earthly things.)</p><p class="hdg">the cucumbers.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/exodus/32-29.htm">Cost</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Cucumbers</a> <a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/numbers/9-1.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/numbers/9-11.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-45.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/numbers/8-7.htm">Sharp</a> <a href="/numbers/5-2.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/numbers/4-16.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/numbers/10-2.htm">Used</a> <a href="/exodus/21-36.htm">Wont</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/25-2.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-18.htm">Cost</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-8.htm">Cucumbers</a> <a href="/numbers/11-13.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/numbers/11-18.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-2.htm">Plants</a> <a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Remember</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-41.htm">Sharp</a> <a href="/numbers/13-19.htm">Sort</a> <a href="/numbers/15-3.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/numbers/35-23.htm">Used</a> <a href="/numbers/22-30.htm">Wont</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-1.htm">The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">The people crave meat, and loathe manna</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-10.htm">Moses complains of his charge</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-18.htm">and to give the people meat for a month</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-21.htm">Moses' faith is staggered</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth Hattaavah</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This reflects a common human tendency to romanticize the past, forgetting the hardships. In Egypt, the Nile River provided a rich source of fish, a staple in the Egyptian diet. This longing for fish symbolizes a desire for the security and predictability of their former life, contrasting with the uncertainty of their journey through the wilderness. The Israelites' complaint also reveals a lack of trust in God's provision, as He had already provided manna for their sustenance (<a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4-5</a>).<p><b>along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic</b><br>These specific foods represent the variety and flavor of the diet the Israelites enjoyed in Egypt. Cucumbers and melons were common in the fertile Nile Delta, known for its agricultural productivity. Leeks, onions, and garlic were also staples in Egyptian cuisine, valued for their taste and nutritional benefits. This list underscores the Israelites' craving for the familiar and flavorful, contrasting with the monotonous manna. Their complaint can be seen as a rejection of God's provision and a lack of gratitude, echoing the broader theme of Israel's repeated discontent and rebellion during their wilderness journey (<a href="/numbers/14-2.htm">Numbers 14:2-4</a>). This longing for Egypt foreshadows the Israelites' future struggles with idolatry and assimilation into surrounding cultures, as they often looked back rather than forward to God's promises.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and are now journeying through the wilderness toward the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were enslaved for 400 years. It represents both a place of bondage and a place of provision in the Israelites' memory.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a></b><br>The desert area where the Israelites wandered for 40 years. It is a place of testing and reliance on God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_manna.htm">The Manna</a></b><br>The miraculous food provided by God to sustain the Israelites in the wilderness, representing God's provision and care.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_in_god's_provision.htm">Contentment in God's Provision</a></b><br>The Israelites' longing for the food of Egypt reflects a lack of contentment with God's provision. We are called to trust and be content with what God provides, recognizing His wisdom and care.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_selective_memory.htm">The Danger of Selective Memory</a></b><br>The Israelites remembered the food of Egypt but forgot the bondage. We must be cautious of romanticizing past situations and forgetting the full context, especially when God is leading us to something better.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/gratitude_vs._grumbling.htm">Gratitude vs. Grumbling</a></b><br>The Israelites' complaints highlight the human tendency to grumble. Cultivating a heart of gratitude can transform our perspective and align us with God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_nourishment.htm">Spiritual Nourishment</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites needed physical sustenance, we need spiritual nourishment. Jesus, the "bread of life," offers us what we truly need for our spiritual journey.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_timing.htm">Trust in God's Timing</a></b><br>The wilderness was a time of preparation and testing. Trusting in God's timing and process is crucial for spiritual growth and maturity.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 11</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_lust,_temptation.htm">What does the Bible say about lust and temptation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_a_nation_want_egypt_after_miracles.htm">In Numbers 14:2, how plausible is it that a whole nation would suddenly wish to return to Egypt after seeing so many miraculous events? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_quail_in_numbers_11_4-6.htm">In Numbers 11:4-6, is there any archaeological or historical evidence supporting the Israelites' complaints and the provision of quail in the wilderness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">We remember the fish . . . --</span>Classical writers and modern travellers agree in bearing testimony to the abundance of the fish in the Nile and in the neighbouring canals and reservoirs. The cucumbers in Egypt are of great size and finely flavoured. The watermelons serve to moderate the internal heat which the climate produces. (See <span class= "ital">The Land and the Book, </span>p. 508.) The word rendered <span class= "ital">leeks </span>(in <a href="/psalms/104-14.htm" title="He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;">Psalm 104:14</a>, <span class= "ital">grass </span>for cattle) is supposed by some to denote a species of clover which is peculiar to Egypt, and of which the young and fresh shoots are said to be used as food and to be an excellent stomachic. The onions of Egypt are said to be the sweetest in the world, and they constitute the common food of the lowest class of the people. Garlic is still much used by the modern Arabs. It is only the fish, which was probably equally within the reach of all, of which the Israelites are said to have eaten <span class= "ital">freely, i.e., </span>not <span class= "ital">abundantly, </span>but <span class= "ital">gratuitously. </span>It is probable, however, that many of them cultivated the land to a greater or lesser degree, and so procured vegetables for themselves.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely,</span> <span class="accented">i.e.,<span class="cmt_word"></span></span> gratis. No doubt this was an exaggeration on the part of the murmurers, but it is attested by classical writers that fish swarmed in the Nile waters, and cost next to nothing (Died. Sic., 1:36, 52; Herod., 2:93; Strabo, 17. page 829). <span class="cmt_word">Cucumbers.</span> <span class="hebrew">קִשֻׁאִים</span>. Cucumbers of peculiar softness and flavour are spoken of by Egyptian travelers as <span class="accented">fructus in Egypto omnium vulgatissimus. <span class="cmt_word"></span>Melons.</span> <span class="hebrew">אַבַטִּחִים</span>. Water-melons, still called <span class="accented">battieh</span>, grow in Egypt, as in all hot, moist lands, like weeds, and are as much the luxury of the poorest as of the richest. <span class="cmt_word">Leeks.</span> <span class="hebrew">חָצִיר</span>. This word usually means grass (as in <a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Psalm 104:14</a>), and may do so hare, for the modern Egyptians eat a kind of field-clover freely. The Septuagint, however, translates it by <span class="greek">τὰ πράσα</span>, leeks or chives, which agrees better with the context. Pliny (Nat. Hist. 19:33) speaks of it as "<span class="accented">laudatissimus porrus in Egypto." <span class="cmt_word"></span>Onions.</span> <span class="hebrew">בְּצָלִים</span>. <span class="cmt_word">Garlic.</span> <span class="hebrew">שׁוּמְים</span>. These are mentioned in the well-known passage of Herodotus (2:125) as forming the staple food of the workmen at the pyramids; these still form a large part of the diet of the labouring classes in Egypt, as in other Mediterranean countries. If we look at these different articles of food together, so naturally and inartificially mentioned in this verse, we find a strong argument for the genuineness of the narrative. They are exactly the luxuries which an Egyptian labourer of that day would have cried out for, if deprived of them; they are <span class="accented">not</span> the luxuries which a Jew of Palestine would covet, or would even think cf. The very words here used for the cucumber, the melon, and the garlic were probably Egyptian, for they may still be recognized in the common names of those vegetables in Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/11-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">We remember</span><br /><span class="heb">זָכַ֙רְנוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ḵar·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2142.htm">Strong's 2142: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mark, to remember, to mention, to be male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the fish</span><br /><span class="heb">הַדָּגָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(had·dā·ḡāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1710.htm">Strong's 1710: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we ate</span><br /><span class="heb">נֹאכַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(nō·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">freely</span><br /><span class="heb">חִנָּ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(ḥin·nām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2600.htm">Strong's 2600: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gratis, devoid of cost, reason, advantage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in Egypt,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·miṣ·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">along with the cucumbers,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקִּשֻּׁאִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qiš·šu·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7180.htm">Strong's 7180: </a> </span><span class="str2">A cucumber</span><br /><br /><span class="word">melons,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאֲבַטִּחִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḇaṭ·ṭi·ḥîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_20.htm">Strong's 20: </a> </span><span class="str2">Watermelon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">leeks,</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶחָצִ֥יר</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḥā·ṣîr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2682.htm">Strong's 2682: </a> </span><span class="str2">Green grass, herbage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">onions,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבְּצָלִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bə·ṣā·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1211.htm">Strong's 1211: </a> </span><span class="str2">An onion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and garlic.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשּׁוּמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šū·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - 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