Exodus 16:8

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Summary

And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.

The lord heareth

1 Corinthians 10:10

But against

General references

Exodus 15:24

Bible References

The lord heareth

Then Moses instructed Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the Israelis, "Come near into the LORD's presence, because he has heard your complaints.'"

"How long will this wicked assembly keep complaining about me? I've heard the complaints of the Israelis that they've been murmuring against me.

But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking, replied, "Why do you have such evil thoughts in your hearts?

Then the Jewish leaders began grumbling about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were annihilated by the destroyer.

But against

Then the people approached Moses and admitted, "We've sinned by speaking against the LORD and you. Pray to the LORD, that he'll remove the serpents from us." So Moses prayed in behalf of the people.

The LORD told Samuel, "Listen to the people in all that they say to you. In fact, it's not you they have rejected, but rather they have rejected me from being their king.

For fools utter contempt, and their minds plot wrong things: practicing ungodliness, spreading lies about the LORD, leaving the pangs of hungry people unsatisfied, and depriving thirsty people of drink.

Your insolence has reached my ears, so I'll put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I'll make you turn back on the road by which you came.

"The one who receives you receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me.

The person who listens to you listens to me, and the person who rejects you rejects me. The person who rejects me rejects the one who sent me."

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who receives whomever I send receives me, and the one who receives me receives the one who sent me."

so that whoever resists the authorities opposes what God has established, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.

Therefore, whoever rejects this instruction is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives you his Holy Spirit.

General references

Then the people complained against Moses: "What are we to drink?"