Num 11:1 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 11:1-35: 11:1-35 This is one of many occasions in the wilderness when Israel was disobedient to the Lord. 11:1 Soon the people began to complain. ... Then the Lord ’s anger blazed: The link between Israel’s complaints and God’s anger is a major theme of Numbers and throughout the Old Testament (e.g., Deut 9:22 ; Ps 78 ). God is holy and just, and he demands obedience from his people. Complaints are equivalent to rejecting him (cp. Num 11:20 ). • their hardship: Mount Sinai had provided a stable residence for a year; the road to Paran provided heat, thirst, and fatigue. • fire ... destroyed some: Cp. Lev 10:2 .

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‏ Numbers 11:1

Summary for Num 11:1-35: 11:1-35 ^a This is one of many occasions in the wilderness when Israel was disobedient to the Lord. 11:1 ^b Soon the people began to complain. ... Then the Lord’s anger blazed: The link between Israel’s complaints and God’s anger is a major theme of Numbers and throughout the Old Testament (e.g., Deut 9:22 ^c; Ps 78 ^d). God is holy and just, and he demands obedience from his people. Complaints are equivalent to rejecting him (cp. Num 11:20 ^e).

• their hardship: Mount Sinai had provided a stable residence for a year; the road to Paran provided heat, thirst, and fatigue.

• fire ... destroyed some: Cp. Lev 10:2 ^f.