33. while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed —literally, "cut off"; that is, before the supply of quails, which lasted a month ( :- ), was exhausted. The probability is, that their stomachs, having been long inured to manna (a light food), were not prepared for so sudden a change of regimen—a heavy, solid diet of animal food, of which they seem to have partaken to so intemperate a degree as to produce a general surfeit, and fatal consequences. On a former occasion their murmurings for flesh were raised ( :- ) because they were in want of food. Here they proceeded, not from necessity, but wanton, lustful desire; and their sin, in the righteous judgment of God, was made to carry its own punishment. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-34" class="com-number"
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