(Numbers 11 — 33) "the flesh was still between their teeth"

Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Mekhilta Tractate Vayassa 4:12

Curated by The Jewish Mythology Team · Published January 3, 2025

(Numbers 11:33) "the flesh was still between their teeth": They said: The "kosher" one among them ate it and became immediately diarrhetic. The wicked one among them ate it and suffered up to thirty days, viz. (Ibid.) "and the wrath of the L–rd burned against them … an extremely sore plague." (Ibid. 35) "And the people journeyed from Chatzeiroth and they abode in Chatzeiroth": Now did they journey from Chatzeiroth and abide there? We are hereby apprised that they journeyed back for the sake of Miriam. (See Ibid. Chapter 12)

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