Numbers 11:13
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Whence should I have flesh to give to so great a multitude? They weep against me, saying: Give us flesh that we may eat.

Matthew 15:33 And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?

Mark 8:4 And his disciples answered him: From whence can any one fill them here with bread in the wilderness?

Mark 9:23 And Jesus saith to him: If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

Context
The Complaint of Moses
12Have I conceived all this multitude, or begotten them, that thou shouldst say to me: Carry them in thy bosom as the nurse is wont to carry the little infant, and bear them into the land, for which thou hast sworn to their fathers? 13Whence should I have flesh to give to so great a multitude? They weep against me, saying: Give us flesh that we may eat.14I am not able alone to bear all this people, because it is too heavy for me.…
Cross References
John 6:5
When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

Numbers 11:21
And Moses said: There are six hundred thousand footmen of this people, and sayest thou: I will give them flesh to eat a whole month?

Numbers 11:22
Shall then a multitude of sheep and oxen be killed, that it may suffice for their food? or shall the fishes of the sea be gathered together to fill them?

Lexicon
Where
מֵאַ֤יִן (mê·’a·yin)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 370: Whence?

can I get meat
בָּשָׂ֔ר (bā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

for
לָתֵ֖ת (lā·ṯêṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

all
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

these
הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

people?
הָעָ֣ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

they keep crying out
יִבְכּ֤וּ (yiḇ·kū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1058: To weep, to bemoan

to me,
עָלַי֙ (‘ā·lay)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

‘Give
תְּנָה־ (tə·nāh-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

us meat
בָשָׂ֖ר (ḇā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

to eat!’
וְנֹאכֵֽלָה׃ (wə·nō·ḵê·lāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat


Additional Translations
Where can I get meat for all these people? For they keep crying out to me, ‘Give us meat to eat!’From where should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh that we may eat!

Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

Whence should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

Where could I get meat to give to all this people? For they weep to me, saying, 'Give us meat, that we may eat.'

Whence have I flesh to give to all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give to us flesh, and we eat.
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