Numbers 11:1

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1 And the people were as murmurers, [speaking] evil in the ears of Jehovah: and when Jehovah heard it, his anger was kindled; and the fire of Jehovah burnt among them, and devoured in the uttermost part of the camp.


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 1. And now the man of the Spiritual Church enters into temptation, because evils are predominant, and opposed to the Divine Providence, wherefore the influx of the Divine Life causes aversion on the part of man, evil passions are excited, and the natural man is overcome by lusts.