Our soul; either, 1. Our life, as the soul signifies, Genesis 9:5 Psalms 33:19 Job 36:14; or, 2. Our body, which is oft signified by the soul, as Psalms 16:10 Psalms 35:12, Psalms 105:18. So Leviticus 19:28, Leviticus 21:1 Numbers 5:2. Is dried away; is withered, and pines away; which possibly might be true through envy and discontent, and inordinate appetite, as 2 Samuel 13:4 Proverbs 14:30. Before our eyes; Heb. our eyes see or look to nothing but this manna. They speak as if the manna were only useful to please their eyes with its fine colour and shape, but not to satisfy their appetites, or sustain their natures.
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Numbers 11:6
6 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.