Numbers 11: The Melons

This word is used only once in the Bible—Numbers 11:5. It is a part of the complaint against God that was instigated by the “mixed multitude” that was traveling with Israel. The melons were food from their past and were used as an excuse to reject the good things that God provided for their journey. Had they chosen to honor God, a generation would have grown up who would have said, “What’s a melon?” Let us so live that our children are not tied to our past in such a way that they murmur against Jehovah God.