Exodus 16:2
1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
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Compare
- BSB
- And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
- KJV
- And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
- WEB
- The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
- ASV
- And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness:
- DARBY
- And the whole assembly of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.
- BLB
- And all congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.
- ÅB
- Og hele Israels barns menighet knurret mot Moses og Aron i ørkenen.
- OTB
- I ørkenen klaget hele menigheten av israelittene mot Moses og Aron.
- B1930
- Og hele Israels barns menighet knurret mot Moses og Aron i ørkenen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 10:10
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
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And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
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Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
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But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
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They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Read in contextExodus 14:11
And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
Read in contextGenesis 19:4
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
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