Exodus 16:9

And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the people of Israel, Come near before the Lord for he has given ear to your outcry.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings.

In Context

8And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord.

10And while Aaron was talking to the children of Israel, their eyes were turned in the direction of the waste land, and they saw the glory of the Lord shining in the cloud.

Read all of Exodus 16

Cross References

Exodus 16:2And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:

Numbers 14:27How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 16:2-13

The Israelites Murmur for Bread. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt,… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Exodus 16:9