Exodus 16:2

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

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  • Exod 15:24 : 24 And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?
  • 1 Cor 10:10 : 10 And do not say evil things against the Lord, as some of them did, and destruction overtook them.
  • Ps 106:25 : 25 Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.
  • Ps 106:7 : 7 Our fathers did not give thought to your wonders in Egypt; they did not keep in memory the great number of your mercies, but gave you cause for wrath at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
  • Ps 106:13 : 13 But their memory of his works was short; not waiting to be guided by him,
  • Gen 19:4 : 4 But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;
  • Exod 14:11 : 11 And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

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  • Num 14:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1 Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.

    2 And all the children of Israel, crying out against Moses and Aaron, said, If only we had come to our death in the land of Egypt, or even in this waste land!

  • Num 16:41-42
    2 verses
    86%

    41 But on the day after, all the children of Israel made an outcry against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have put to death the Lord's people.

    42 Now when the people had come together against Moses and Aaron, looking in the direction of the Tent of meeting, they saw the cloud covering it, and the glory of the Lord came before their eyes.

  • Exod 16:7-11
    5 verses
    84%

    7 And in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord; for your angry words against the Lord have come to his ears: and what are we that you are crying out against us?

    8 And 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.

    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.

    10 And 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.

    11 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 14:26-27
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    83%

    26 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    27 How 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.

  • Exod 15:24
    82%

    24 And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?

  • Exod 17:1-4
    4 verses
    81%

    1 And the children of Israel went on from the waste land of Sin, by stages as the Lord gave them orders, and put up their tents in Rephidim: and there was no drinking-water for the people.

    2 So the people were angry with Moses, and said, Give us water for drinking. And Moses said, Why are you angry with me? and why do you put God to the test?

    3 And the people were in great need of water; and they made an outcry against Moses, and said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to send death on us and our children and our cattle through need of water?

    4 And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.

  • Exod 16:1
    80%

    1 And they went on their way from Elim, and all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they went out of the land of Egypt.

  • Num 20:2-4
    3 verses
    80%

    2 And there was no water for the people: and they came together against Moses and against Aaron.

    3 And the people were angry with Moses and said, If only death had overtaken us when our brothers came to their death before the Lord!

    4 Why have you taken the Lord's people into this waste, for death to come to us and to our cattle there?

  • Num 16:11
    79%

    11 So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are crying out against him?

  • Exod 16:3
    78%

    3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

  • Deut 1:27
    78%

    27 And you made an angry outcry in your tents, and said, In his hate for us the Lord has taken us out of the land of Egypt, to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction.

  • Num 21:5
    78%

    5 And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.

  • Num 11:1
    78%

    1 Now the people were saying evil against the Lord; and the Lord, hearing it, was angry and sent fire on them, burning the outer parts of the tent-circle.

  • Ps 106:25
    77%

    25 Talking against him secretly in their tents, they did not give ear to the voice of the Lord.

  • Num 16:20-23
    4 verses
    76%

    20 And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

    21 Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.

    22 Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?

    23 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Ps 106:16
    76%

    16 They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

  • Num 14:36
    76%

    36 And the men whom Moses sent to see the land, and who, by the bad account they gave of the land, were the cause of the outcry the people made against Moses,

  • Exod 14:11
    76%

    11 And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

  • Num 14:29
    75%

    29 Your dead bodies will be stretched out in this waste land; and of all your number, all those of twenty years old and over who have been crying out against me,

  • Num 16:3
    75%

    3 They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?

  • Num 16:44
    75%

    44 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 14:5
    75%

    5 Then Moses and Aaron went down on their faces before the meeting of the people.

  • Num 11:10
    74%

    10 And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.

  • Num 20:10
    74%

    10 Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?

  • Num 14:11
    74%

    11 And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

  • Num 27:14-15
    2 verses
    74%

    14 Because in the waste land of Zin, when the people were angry, you and he went against my word and did not keep my name holy before their eyes, at the waters. (These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the waste land of Zin.)

    15 Then Moses said to the Lord,

  • Num 17:10
    73%

    10 And the Lord said to Moses, Put Aaron's rod back in front of the ark of witness, to be kept for a sign against this false-hearted people, so that you may put a stop to their outcries against me, and death may not overtake them.

  • Exod 17:7
    73%

    7 And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?

  • Exod 6:9
    73%

    9 And Moses said these words to the children of Israel, but they gave no attention to him, because of the grief of their spirit and the cruel weight of their work.

  • Ps 106:32
    73%

    32 They made God angry again at the waters of Meribah, so that Moses was troubled because of them;

  • Num 16:16
    73%

    16 And Moses said to Korah, You and all your band are to come before the Lord tomorrow, you and they and Aaron:

  • Num 16:13
    73%

    13 Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?

  • Heb 3:17
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    17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?

  • Deut 9:22
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    22 Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you made the Lord angry.