“But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the Lord which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt?”
'but for a whole month—until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you—because you have rejected the LORD who is among you, and have wailed before him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?"' — God will provide meat for a full month until it becomes sickening ('comes out of your nostrils'), suggesting glut and satiation to the point of disgust. The language 'becomes loathsome to you' (vlo tochlu otho) parallels Pharaoh's description of the plagues: God will give the people what they desire until it becomes repulsive. The root of their sin is exposed: they rejected the LORD and looked back to Egypt.
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