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179. Fullness of Food (#97715)
179. Fullness of Food
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James M. Freeman
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Chris Genthree
Numbers 11:20
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Numbers 11:20
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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? (Numbers 11:20)
. Until it come out at your nostrils.
Roberts says, that this figure of speech is used in India to convey the idea of being filled to satiety. A host says to his guests, “Now, friends, eat mookamattam: to the nose. That is, Eat until you are filled to the nose. Of a glutton it is said, “That fellow always fills up to the nose.”
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