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Numbers 11:6

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11:6 But now we 1  are dried up, 2  and there is nothing at all before us 3  except this manna!”

Numbers 6:3

Context
6:3 he must separate 4  himself from wine and strong drink, he must drink neither vinegar 5  made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink, nor may he drink any juice 6  of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. 7 
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[11:6]  1 tn Heb “our souls.”

[11:6]  2 sn The Hebrews were complaining both about the bland taste of the manna and dehydration – they were parched in the wilderness.

[11:6]  3 tn Heb “before our eyes,” meaning that “we see nothing except this manna.”

[6:3]  4 tn The operative verb now will be the Hiphil of נָזַר (nazar); the consecration to the Lord meant separation from certain things in the world. The first will be wine and strong drink – barley beer (from Akkadian sikaru, a fermented beer). But the second word may be somewhat wider in its application than beer. The Nazirite, then, was to avoid all intoxicants as a sign of his commitment to the Lord. The restriction may have proved a hardship in the daily diet of the one taking the vow, but it spoke a protest to the corrupt religious and social world that used alcohol to excess.

[6:3]  5 tn The “vinegar” (חֹמֶץ, homets) is some kind of drink preparation that has been allowed to go sour.

[6:3]  6 tn This word occurs only here. It may come from the word “to water, to be moist,” and so refer to juice.

[6:3]  7 tn Heb “dried” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV).



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