he gave: Psalms 78:29-31; Numbers 11:31-34; Isaiah 10:16, Isaiah 24:16
but sent: They despised the manna, calling it light or innutritive food. God gave them flesh as they desired, but no blessing accompanied it; and, in consequence, they did not fatten, but grew lean upon it; and many, surfeited by excess, died of disease. Instead of razon:, "leanness," however, Bp. Lowth supposes we should read zeraon:, "nausea or loathing," which appears to be supported by several ancient versions, and by Numbers 11:20, where this portion of the history of the Israelites is recorded, and where the word zara: is used, and rendered, "it be loathsome."