Exodus Chapter 16 verse 2 Holy Bible
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness:
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And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:
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And the whole assembly 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 Aaron in the wilderness:
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And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and 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 all the company of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - 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 (Exodus 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.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) The whole congregration . . . murmured.--This is the third "murmuring." The first was at Pi-hahiroth, on the appearance of the host of Pharaoh (Exodus 14:11-12); the second was at Marah, when the water proved undrinkable (Exodus 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.