Exodus 16:12

Translations

Modern

“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

Traditional

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.

Literal

“I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘Between the evenings you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread, and you shall know that I am YHWH your God.’”

Latin

Audivi murmurationes filiorum Israël. Loquere ad eos: Vespere comedetis carnes, et mane saturabimini panibus: scietisque quod ego sum Dominus Deus vester.

Original

Hebrew

English

“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

Notes

Exodus 16:1–36

God demonstrated care for his people by providing manna and quail as food for them.

Exodus 15:22–18:27

On the journey from the sea to Mount Sinai, God continued to care for the people's needs. During the events where he rescued them, he showed his power. Here, he showed that he cares about their basic needs.

Theme notes and profiles

Moses Bread from Heaven Complaints The Glory of God

Events

Wilderness Wanderingsc. 1491 BC

Related verses

Joel 3:17
Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who dwells in Zion, My holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy, never again to be overrun by foreigners.
Exodus 16:7–8
…and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?”
Ezekiel 39:22
From that day forward the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God.
Exodus 6:7
I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
Exodus 4:5
“This is so that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has appeared to you.”
Ezekiel 34:30
Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,’ declares the Lord GOD.
Zechariah 13:9
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
Exodus 7:17
This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.
Jeremiah 31:24
And Judah and all its cities will dwell together in the land, the farmers and those who move with the flocks,

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Book of Exodus Bread Day Deuteronomy, Book of Jude, Letter of Moses Mount, Mountain Tamarisk

Topics

Birds: Clean: Quail Condescension of God: Sends Flesh to the Israelites in Consequence of Their Murmuring Israel: Provided with Manna and Quail Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Through the Wilderness of Sin: Quails Given for One Night Manna: General Scriptures Concerning Miracles: Catalogue of Manna Murmuring: Against God Sin: Desert of, a Wilderness Between Elim and Sinai: Manna and Quail Given In Sin: Known to God The Diet of the Jews in the Wilderness Types of Christ: Man

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