Numbers 11:21
"And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month."
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And Moses said,.... By way of objection to what God had promised, distrusting his power to perform: the people amongst whom I am; among whom he dwelt, of whom he
was a part, and over whom he was a ruler: are six hundred thousand footmen; that were able to travel on foot, and were fit for war: this was the number of them when they came out of Egypt, Exo 12:37 ; they amounted in their last numbering to 3,550 more, which lesser number is here omitted, as Aben Ezra and Jarchi observe, and only the round number given: some say that all above the six hundred thousand were destroyed by the fire at Taberah, Num 11:1 , and thou hast said, one will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month; this Moses could not tell how to credit.