SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:18
Pero dirás al pueblo: Santificaos para mañana, y comeréis carne; porque habéis llorado en oídos del SEÑOR, diciendo: ¡Quién nos diera a comer carne! ¡Cierto mejor nos iba en Egipto! El SEÑOR, pues, os dará carne, y comeréis.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 18. And say thou unto the people , etc.] For what follows respects them, as what goes before regarded himself: sanctify yourselves against tomorrow ; or prepare yourselves, as the Targums of Onkelos, and Jonathan, either to receive mercies, or to meet the Lord in the way of his judgments; so Jarchi interprets it, “prepare for punishments,” for what is said should be, and what they had, was not as a blessing, but in a way of punishment: and ye shall eat flesh ; which they lusted after, wept for, and could not be easy without: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord ; complaining of him, and which he has taken notice of: saying, who shall give us flesh to eat ? for though they so earnestly desired it, they despaired of it, and even called in question the power of God to give it: for [it was] well with us in Egypt ; where they had their fleshpots, as well as their cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic, ( Exodus 16:3); but they forgot how ill it went with them by reason of their hard bondage, when their lives were made bitter by it, notwithstanding their fleshpots, and of which there is not much reason to believe any great share came to them: like to them were their posterity in later times, ( Jeremiah 44:17,18); therefore the Lord will give you flesh ; to show his power: and ye shall eat ; to your shame and confusion, not for pleasure or profit.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-23 - Moses is to choose such as he knew to be elders, that is, wise an experienced men. God promises to qualify them. If they were not foun fit for the employ, they should be made fit. Even the discontente people shall be gratified too, that every mouth may be stopped. Se here, I. The vanity of all the delights of sense; they will cloy, but they will not satisfy. Spiritual pleasures alone will satisfy and last As the world passes away, so do the lusts of it. 2. What brutish sin gluttony and drunkenness are! they make that to hurt the body whic should be its health. Moses objects. Even true and great believer sometimes find it hard to trust God under the discouragements of secon causes, and against hope to believe in hope. God here brings Moses to this point, The Lord God is Almighty; and puts the proof upon the issue, Thou shalt see whether my word shall come to pass or not. If he speaks, it is done.
Original Hebrew
ואל 413 העם 5971 תאמר 559 התקדשׁו 6942 למחר 4279 ואכלתם 398 בשׂר 1320 כי 3588 בכיתם 1058 באזני 241 יהוה 3068 לאמר 559 מי 4310 יאכלנו 398 בשׂר 1320 כי 3588 טוב 2895 לנו במצרים 4714 ונתן 5414 יהוה 3068 לכם בשׂר 1320 ואכלתם׃ 398
