Text -- Numbers 11:21 (NET)

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

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Num 11:21

¹ tn Heb “the people who I am in their midst,” i.e., among whom I am.

² tn The Hebrew sentence stresses the number. The sentence begins “600,000….”

³ tn 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 tn 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.