Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.

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Bible References

Spake

Numbers 11:1
Now the people began complaining openly before the Lord about hardship. When the Lord heard, His anger burned, and fire from the Lord blazed among them and consumed the outskirts of the camp.
Numbers 14:1
Then the whole community broke into loud cries, and the people wept that night.
Numbers 16:13
Is it not enough that you brought us up from a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness? Do you also have to appoint yourself as ruler over us?
Numbers 17:12
Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we’re perishing! We’re lost; we’re all lost!
Exodus 14:11
They said to Moses: “Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you took us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
Exodus 15:24
The people grumbled to Moses, “What are we going to drink?”
Exodus 16:2
The entire Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
Exodus 17:2
So the people complained to Moses, “Give us water to drink.”

“Why are you complaining to me?” Moses replied to them. “Why are you testing the Lord?”
Psalm 68:6
God provides homes for those who are deserted.
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.
Psalm 78:19
They spoke against God, saying,
“Is God able to provide food in the wilderness?

And our soul

Numbers 11:6
But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to look at but this manna!”
Exodus 16:15
When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” because they didn’t know what it was.

Moses told them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.
Psalm 78:24
He rained manna for them to eat;
He gave them grain from heaven.
Proverbs 27:7
A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,
but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.

General references

Exodus 15:24
The people grumbled to Moses, “What are we going to drink?”
Numbers 11:6
But now our appetite is gone; there’s nothing to look at but this manna!”

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