Psalms 106:14 - Exposition

But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness; literally, "lusted a lust." The expression is taken from Numbers 11:4 , where it is translated in the Authorized Version by "fell a-lusting." The lust was for "flesh," and for "the fish, the cucumbers, the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic, which they did eat in Egypt freely" ( Numbers 11:5 ). And tempted God in the desert (comp. Psalms 78:18 ).