and they began to speak against God and Moses. “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die here in the wilderness?” they complained. “There is nothing to eat here and nothing to drink. And we hate this horrible manna!”

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

This light bread — that is, “this vile, contemptible bread.”

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

This light bread.— The word rendered light denotes something vile or worthless. It was thus that the Israelites regarded …

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century
Baptist
19th Century

One gets tired, when reading about the wanderings of Israel in the wilderness, of this parrot cry, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt?" For n…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

And the people spoke against God and against Moses. Either because they murmured against God in the person of Moses, or because their impi…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

And the people spoke against God
Who went before them in the pillar of cloud and fire, for leading them in such a wa…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The children of Israel were wearied by a long march around the land of Edom. They spoke discontentedly of what God had done for them and distrustfu…