5656. 'And it happened, when we came to the lodging-place and opened our pouches' means an inspection of the exterior natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'the lodging-place' as the exterior natural in general, dealt with in 5495; from the meaning of 'opening' as an inspection, for when someone opens something he does so to inspect it; and from the meaning of 'a pouch' as the exterior natural more specifically, dealt with in 5497.