Abarbanel on Torah, Numbers 11:1:18
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Work: Abarbanel on Torah
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Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
The seventeenth question is regarding the statement, 'The meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, when the Lord's anger was kindled against them.' After the Divine will had agreed to give them fresh meat for several days, how did His statement not come true while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was fully consumed, and they had not yet reached the graves in Tav'eirah? As it says, 'They had not satisfied their craving, while the meat was still in their mouths, and the anger of the Lord flared against them
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- Abarbanel on Torah — Sefaria Community Translation
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- eng
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- eng
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- PARTIAL: all supplied nonempty community English leaves only; many Hebrew sections have no English counterpart.
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