Numbers 11:22
Good News Translation
Could enough cattle and sheep be killed to satisfy them? Are all the fish in the sea enough for them?"

New Revised Standard Version
Are there enough flocks and herds to slaughter for them? Are there enough fish in the sea to catch for them?”

Contemporary English Version
Even if we butchered all our sheep and cattle, or caught every fish in the sea, we wouldn't have enough to feed them."

New American Bible
Can enough sheep and cattle be slaughtered for them? If all the fish of the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
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?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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?

2 Kings 7:2 Then one of the lords, upon whose hand the king leaned, answering the man of God, said: If the Lord should make flood-gates in heaven, can that possibly be which thou sayest? And he said: Thou shalt see it with thy eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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 6:37 And he answering said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said to him: Let us go and buy bread for two hundred pence, and we will give them to eat.

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

Luke 1:18,34 And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years. . . .

John 6:6,7,9 And this he said to try him: for he himself knew what he would do. . . .

Context
Seventy Elders Anointed
21And Moses said: There are six hundred thousand footmen of this people, and sayest thou: I will give them flesh to eat a whole month? 22Shall 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?23And the Lord answered him: Is the hand of the Lord unable? Thou shalt presently see whether my word shall come to pass or no.…
Cross References
Numbers 11:13
Whence should I have flesh to give to so great a multitude? They weep against me, saying: Give us flesh that we 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 11:23
And the Lord answered him: Is the hand of the Lord unable? Thou shalt presently see whether my word shall come to pass or no.

Numbers 11:21
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