Num 11:1-5 | TSK | STEP | The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer. The people lust for flesh, and loathe manna. Moses complains of his charge. God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders, and to give the people flesh for a month. Moses' faith is staggered. Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth-hattaavah. And when. complained. or, were as it were complainers. it displeasedthe Lord. Heb. it was evil in the ears of the Lord. and the fire. the uttermost.

the cucumbers.In Hebrew, {kishshuim,} in Arabic, {kiththa,} Chaldee, {keta,} and Syriac, {kati,} a species of cucumber peculiar to Egypt, smooth, of a longish cylindrical shape, and about a foot long. Prosper Alpinus says that it differs from the common sort by its size, colour, and softness; that its leaves are smaller, whiter, softer, and rounder; its fruit larger, greener, smoother, softer, sweeter, and more easy of digestion than ours. Hasselquist describes it in the same manner; and adds, that it is very little watery, but firm like a melon, sweet and cool to the taste, but not so cold as the watermelon, which is meant by the {avutichim} of the text.