There, too, the whole community of Israel complained about Moses and Aaron.
Parallel translations
- WEB The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
- KJV And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
- BSB And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
- NKJV Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
- NASB But the whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
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The whole congregation murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
Overview
Again the people grumble, now over food, revealing a persistent pattern of distrust. Their complaint is ultimately against God, who had led them out and provided thus far. The recurring murmuring sets the stage for God's gracious yet testing provision of manna.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Exod 15:24The people murmured against Moses, saying, “What shall we drink?”
- 1 Cor 10:10Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
- Ps 106:25but murmured in their tents, and didn’t listen to Yahweh’s voice.
- Ps 106:7Our 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.
- Ps 106:13They soon forgot his works. They didn’t wait for his counsel,
- Exod 14:11They 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?
- Gen 19:4But 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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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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