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15. but sent leanness--rather, "and sent," that is,
and thus, even in doing so, the punishment was inflicted at the very
time their request was granted. So
Ps 78:30,
"While their meat was yet in their mouths, the wrath of God came upon
them."
soul--the animal soul, which craves for food
(Nu 11:6;
Ps 107:18).
This soul got its wish, and with it and in it its own punishment. The
place was therefore called Kibroth-hattaavah, "the graves of
lust"
[Nu 11:34],
because there they buried the people who had lusted. Animal desires
when gratified mostly give only a hungry craving for more
(Jer 2:13).
JFB.
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