The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
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The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
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And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
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Passages linked to Exodus 16:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 15:24 The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
- 1 Corinthians 10:10 Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
- Psalms 106:7 Our fathers didn’t understand your wonders in Egypt. They didn’t remember the multitude of your loving kindnesses, but were rebellious at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
- Psalms 106:25 but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.
- Exodus 14:11 They said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us out of Egypt?
- Psalms 106:13 They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
- Genesis 19:4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 16:2 And the whole congregation of the children…
Exo 16:2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
Ver. 2. And the whole congregation.] The most part of the people. Diaconos paucitas honorabiles fecit, saith Jerome: sic et veros Israelitas.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain For want of meat, as appears from the following…
For want of meat, as appears from the following verse, their provisions brought out of Egypt being now spent.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the whole congregation of the children of Israel…
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured,.... For want of bread; for the Targum of Jonathan says, that day the dough ceased they brought of Egypt, on which, and the unleavened cakes they had lived thirty days; and for a longer space of time it was not sufficient, as Josephus (g) and other Jewish writers (h) observe; and now it was all spent, and they were in the utmost distress for bread, and fall a murmuring as they were used to do, when in any distress, even the whole congregation of them, at least the far greater part; some few might be excepted, as Caleb and Joshua, and some others: and they
murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness; in the wilderness of Sin, where they were, and where no corn was to be had to make bread of; and their murmuring was not only against Moses, as before when they wanted water, but against Aaron also, who were jointly concerned in bringing them out of Egypt. It is a common case, when things do not go so well as to be wished for in church or state, for people to murmur against their governors, ecclesiastic or civil, and lay all the blame to them.
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(g) Antiqu. l. 2. c. 15. sect. 1. (h) Seder Olam Rabba, c. 5. p. 17.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Then the whole congregation murmured against Moses and Aaron…
Then the whole congregation murmured against Moses and Aaron - God's viceregents among them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. The whole congregation - murmured] This is…
Verse 2. The whole congregation - murmured] This is an additional proof of the degraded state of the minds of this people; See Clarke on Ex 13:17. And this very circumstance affords a convincing argument that a people so stupidly carnal could not have been induced to leave Egypt had they not been persuaded so to do by the most evident and striking miracles. Human nature can never be reduced to a more abject state in this world than that in which the body is enthralled by political slavery, and the soul debased by the influence of sin. These poor Hebrews were both slaves and sinners, and were therefore capable of the meanest and most disgraceful acts.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 16:2. The whole congregation murmured — For want…
Exo 16:2. The whole congregation murmured — For want of bread, having consumed all the dough or flour which they had brought out of Egypt. A month’s provision, it seems, the host of Israel took with them out of Egypt, when they came thence on the 15th day of the first month, which by the 15th of the second month was all spent. Against Moses and Aaron — God’s vicegerents among them. How weak and perverse is human nature! They had just seen the bitter waters instantaneously made sweet to assuage their thirst, and a little while before had been miraculously delivered at the Red sea, when there seemed to be no possible way for their escape; and yet so far were they from learning to trust in that divine, almighty Providence, that had so wonderfully and so evidently wrought for them, that on the very first difficulty and distress they break out into the most desponding murmurings!
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Murmured - The want of food was first felt…
Murmured - The want of food was first felt after six weeks from the time of the departure from Egypt, see Exo 16:1 : we have no notice previously of any deficiency of bread.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain the whole congregation . . . murmured against Moses…
the whole congregation . . . murmured against Moses and Aaron--Modern travellers through the desert of Sinai are accustomed to take as much as is sufficient for the sustenance of men and beasts during forty days. The Israelites having been rather more than a month on their journey, their store of corn or other provisions was altogether or nearly exhausted; and there being no prospect of procuring any means of subsistence in the desert, except some wild olives and wild honey (Deu 32:13), loud complaints were made against the leaders.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. The whole congregation… murmured — The stores that…
2. The whole congregation… murmured — The stores that they had brought from Egypt were now exhausted, although they obtained much sustenance from their herds and flocks; but they saw nothing to eat in this barren waste, and looked forward with terror to the long journey that was yet before them. A month’s experience of the desert had broken the courage of the whole host, and there was a general disaffection and rebellion, though there were doubtless individual instances of patience and of faith. The present suffering blotted out of remembrance the wonderful experiences of the Red Sea and of Marah. So short was their memory of God’s goodness!
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. murmured] Exo_15:24, Exo_17:3.
2. murmured] Exo_15:24, Exo_17:3.
2, 3. The people’s murmurings: they would rather have died suddenly by Jehovah’s hand in Egypt, in the enjoyment of plenty, than have been thus brought, by the fault of their leaders, to a lingering and painful death in the wilderness.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) The whole congregration . . . murmured.—This is…
(2) The whole congregration . . . murmured.—This is the third “murmuring.” The first was at Pi-hahiroth, on the appearance of the host of Pharaoh (Exo_14:11-12); the second was at Marah, when the water proved undrinkable (Exo_15:24); the third, in the wilderness of Sin, was brought about by no special occurrence—unless it were the exhaustion of the supplies of grain which had been brought out of Egypt—but seems to have resulted from a general dissatisfaction with the conditions of life in the wilderness, and with the prospects which lay before them.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The whole congregation murmured, It has been observed above,…
The whole congregation murmured, It has been observed above, that only the poorer sort could have been as yet in any peril of actual starvation; but it may well have been that the rest, once launched into the wilderness, and becoming practically acquainted with its unproductiveness, foresaw that ultimately starvation must come upon them too, when all the cattle were eaten up, or had died through insufficient nourishment Nothing is more clear than that, without the miracle of the manna, it would have been impossible for a population of two millions to have supported themselves for forty years, or even for two years, in such a region as the Sinaitic peninsula, even though it had been in ancient times three or four times as productive as at present. The cattle brought out of Egypt must have rapidly diminished; (Exo_17:3) and though the Israelites had brought with them also great wealth in the precious metals, yet it must have been some time before they could establish commercial relations with the neighbouring nations so as to obtain such supplies as they needed. Thus we can well understand that at the expiration of a month the people generally should have recognized that their situation was one of great danger, and should have vented their discontent upon their leaders.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 16:2 complained: The people were developing a pattern of…
16:2 complained: The people were developing a pattern of faithlessness manifested in complaining.
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