Psalms 106:15 - Exposition

And he gave them their request. By sending the quails ( Numbers 11:31 , Numbers 11:32 ). But sent leanness into their soul. By "leanness" is meant dissatisfaction or disgust. After eating freely of the quails for a full month, the food became "loathsome" to them ( Numbers 11:20 ). Whether it actually produced the pestilence which followed ( Numbers 11:33 ). or whether that was a separate and distinct affliction, it is impossible to determine (compare, on the whole subject, Psalms 78:18-31 , and the comment ad loc. ) .