Exodus 16:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

*וילינו **וַיִּלּ֜וֹנוּ כָּל־עֲדַ֧ת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל עַל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה וְעַֽל־אַהֲרֹ֖ן בַּמִּדְבָּֽר

Transliteration

wə-yillônû all-'ădat bənê-yiśrāʾēl against-mōšeh and-against-ʾahărōn in-the-midbār

Grammar Details

*wə-yillônû*: waw consecutive + niphal imperfect 3rd masculine plural - and they complained/murmured
*'ădat*: construct state, feminine singular - congregation/assembly of
*bənê-yiśrāʾēl*: construct state + proper noun - sons/children of Israel
*midbār*: masculine singular with definite article - the wilderness

Word Meanings

*wə-yillônû*: and they complained/murmured/grumbled
*'ădat*: congregation/assembly/community
*midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land

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Referenced Verses

Exod 15:24 : 24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
1 Cor 10:10 : 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Ps 106:25 : 25 But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
Ps 106:7 : 7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
Ps 106:13 : 13 They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel:
Gen 19:4 : 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
Exod 14:11 : 11 And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?

Similar Verses (AI)

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Num 14:1-2
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88%
1And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.
2And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!
Num 16:41-42
2 verses
86%
41But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
42And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared.
Exod 16:7-11
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84%
7And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
8And 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.
9And 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.
10And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Num 14:26-27
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83%
26And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
27How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
Exod 15:24
82%
24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
Exod 17:1-4
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1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
2Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
3And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
4And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me.
Exod 16:1
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1And 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.
Num 20:2-4
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2And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
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Num 16:11
79%
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Exod 16:3
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3And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Deut 1:27
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27And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.
Num 21:5
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20And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
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36And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
Exod 14:11
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Num 14:29
75%
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Num 16:3
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Num 16:44
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Num 11:10
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Num 20:10
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74%
14For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
15And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying,
Num 17:10
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Exod 17:7
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Ps 106:32
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