Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. New Living Translation There, too, the whole community of Israel complained about Moses and Aaron. English Standard Version And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, Berean Standard Bible And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. King James Bible And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: New King James Version Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. New American Standard Bible But the whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. NASB 1995 The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. NASB 1977 And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. Legacy Standard Bible And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. Amplified Bible The whole congregation of the Israelites [grew discontented and] murmured and rebelled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, Christian Standard Bible The entire Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. Holman Christian Standard Bible The entire Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. American Standard Version And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness: Contemporary English Version There in the desert they started complaining to Moses and Aaron, English Revised Version And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness: GOD'S WORD® Translation In the desert the whole community complained about Moses and Aaron. Good News Translation There in the desert they all complained to Moses and Aaron International Standard Version The whole congregation of the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron in the desert. Majority Standard Bible And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. NET Bible The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the desert. New Heart English Bible The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness; Webster's Bible Translation And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. World English Bible The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness; Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness; Young's Literal Translation And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness; Smith's Literal Translation And all the assembly of the sons of Israel will murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the desert. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. Catholic Public Domain Version And the entire congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. New American Bible Here in the wilderness the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. New Revised Standard Version The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And all of the assembly of the children of Israel complained against Moshe and against Ahron in the wilderness: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness; Brenton Septuagint Translation all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Manna and Quail from Heaven1On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai. 2And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron. 3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”… Cross References Numbers 14:2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, “If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had died in this wilderness! Numbers 11:4-6 Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat? / We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. / But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!” Numbers 20:2-5 Now there was no water for the congregation, so they gathered against Moses and Aaron. / The people quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had perished with our brothers before the LORD! / Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this wilderness for us and our livestock to die here? ... Psalm 78:18-20 They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved. / They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness? / When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?” Psalm 106:13-15 Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel. / They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert. / So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them. Numbers 21:5 and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!” Deuteronomy 1:27 You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated. Psalm 78:40 How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! Psalm 95:8-9 do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, though they had seen My work. 1 Corinthians 10:10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel. John 6:41-43 At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” / They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’” / “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus replied. John 6:49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. Hebrews 3:8-9 do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness, / where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works. Hebrews 3:16-17 For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? / And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? Philippians 2:14 Do everything without complaining or arguing, Treasury of Scripture And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: Exodus 15:24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? Genesis 19:4 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: Psalm 106:7,13,25 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… Jump to Previous Aaron Assembly Children Community Company Congregation Crying Desert Grumbled Israel Moses Murmur Murmured Waste Whole WildernessJump to Next Aaron Assembly Children Community Company Congregation Crying Desert Grumbled Israel Moses Murmur Murmured Waste Whole WildernessExodus 16 1. The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread4. God promises them bread and meat from heaven, and they are rebuked 13. Quail and manna are sent 16. The ordering of manna 25. It was not to be found on the Sabbath 32. An omer of it is preserved And there in the desert The phrase "in the desert" refers to the wilderness of Sin, a barren and desolate region between Elim and Sinai. The Hebrew word for desert, "midbar," often signifies a place of testing and reliance on God. Historically, the desert represents a place of purification and preparation, where the Israelites were to learn dependence on God. This setting underscores the theme of divine provision and guidance, as the Israelites are removed from the comforts of Egypt and must trust in God's sustenance. the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And0 (0) 0 Strong's Hebrew [there] in the desert בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech [they all] כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every grumbled וַיִּלּ֜וֹנוּ (way·yil·lō·w·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate against עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Moses מֹשֶׁ֥ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver and Aaron. אַהֲרֹ֖ן (’a·hă·rōn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 175: Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses Links Exodus 16:2 NIVExodus 16:2 NLT Exodus 16:2 ESV Exodus 16:2 NASB Exodus 16:2 KJV Exodus 16:2 BibleApps.com Exodus 16:2 Biblia Paralela Exodus 16:2 Chinese Bible Exodus 16:2 French Bible Exodus 16:2 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 16:2 The whole congregation of the children (Exo. 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