1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Numbers 11:1 | In the mean time* there arose a **murmuring of the people against the Lord, as it were repining at their fatigue. And when the Lord heard it he was angry. ***And the fire of the Lord being kindled against them, devoured them that were at the uttermost part of the camp. Numbers 33:16.; Psalm 77:19.; 1 Corinthians 10:10.; Psalm 77:21. | Year of the World 2514. Fatigue. Hebrew simply, "and the people were like those who complain of evil, or who seek pretexts, inwardly, in the ears of the Lord." St. Jerome explains this evil to mean the fatigue of the journey, which lasted for three days together. (Calmet) --- Hence, some who were ready to lay hold of every pretext, took occasion to murmur, and to contrast their present wearisome life with the false pleasures of Egypt. The people of that country were now desirous of returning, and prevailed upon many of the Hebrews to join with them, ver. 4. (Haydock) --- They were chiefly those who were farthest from the ark, the dregs of the people; though some pretend that the uttermost part means the principal men of the camp. See Genesis 48:2. "The fire devoured one part of the camp," Septuagint. |