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Exodus 16:2

Exodus 16:2
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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.

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The whole congregation - murmured - This is an additional proof of the degraded state of the minds of this people; See Clarke's note on Exo 13:17. And this very circumstance affords a convincing…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 16:1-12

The host of Israel, it seems, took along with them out of Egypt, when they came thence on the fifteenth day of the first month, a month's provisions, which, by the fifteenth day of the second month,…