Exodus 16:8

Translations

Modern

And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

Traditional

And Moses said, This shall be, when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord.

Literal

And Moses said, “In YHWH giving to you flesh in the evening to eat, and bread in the morning to the full, in YHWH hearing your complaints that you complain against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us, but against YHWH.”

Latin

Et ait Moyses: Dabit vobis Dominus vespere carnes edere, et mane panes in saturitate: eo quod audierit murmurationes vestras quibus murmurati estis contra eum: nos enim quid sumus? nec contra nos est murmur vestrum, sed contra Dominum.

Original

Hebrew

English

And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

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

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Luke 10:16
Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
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Anyone, then, who rejects this command does not reject man but God, the very One who gives you His Holy Spirit.
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Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the LORD and against you. Intercede with the LORD so He will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses interceded for the people.
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People

Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Glossary

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

Topics

Aaron: Murmured Against, by the People Grumbling Israel: Provided with Manna and Quail Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Through the Wilderness of Sin: Manna Sent Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Through the Wilderness of Sin: Quails Given for One Night Manna: General Scriptures Concerning Meekness: Moses Miracles: Catalogue of Manna Moses: Character of Meekness of Murmuring: Against God National Sins: Children of Israel Patience: Moses 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

Exodus 16:8

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