Murmuring

How Nave’s arranged it

• (Complaining, grumbling) -Of Israelites against MosesExodus 5:21Exodus 15:24Exodus 16:2Exodus 16:3Numbers 16:2Numbers 16:3Numbers 16:13Numbers 16:14Numbers 16:41Numbers 20:2–4
• AGAINST GOD Jude 1:16Exodus 5:22Exodus 5:23Exodus 16:8Exodus 16:12Numbers 14:26–37Numbers 17:10Numbers 17:11Job 15:11–13Job 33:12Job 33:13Job 34:37Psalms 37:1Psalms 44:9–26Psalms 73:13–22Psalms 78:17–21Proverbs 19:3Ecclesiastes 7:10Jeremiah 15:10Lamentations 3:39Malachi 3:14
• INSTANCES OF
• CainGenesis 4:13Genesis 4:14
• RachelGenesis 30:1
• MosesExodus 5:22Exodus 5:23Numbers 11:11–15
• IsraelitesExodus 5:21Exodus 14:11Exodus 14:12Exodus 15:23Exodus 15:24Exodus 16:2Exodus 16:3Exodus 17:2Exodus 17:3Numbers 11:1–10Numbers 11:33Numbers 14Numbers 16:41Numbers 20:2–5Numbers 21:5Numbers 21:6Deuteronomy 1:27Deuteronomy 1:28
• KorahNumbers 16:8–11
• JOBJob 3Job 6Job 7Job 9Job 10Job 13Job 19Job 23Job 30
• David2 Samuel 6:8Psalms 116:10Psalms 116:11
• AsaphPsalms 73:3
• Elijah1 Kings 19:41 Kings 19:10

The passages, in Bible order (76)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 4:13

   But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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   “My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon. Behold, you cast me out today from your presence, and I shall be hidden from your face and from the face of the earth, and I shall be a wanderer and a fugitive on the …

   “And Cain said unto the Lord,....

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2. Genesis 4:14

   Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

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   “Therefore, everyone who finds me will kill me. Since from the trembling of the body and the fury of the trembling one, or from the instability of the wanderer and fugitive, he understands him to be one who deserves to be killed. But God, not …

   “My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon. Behold, you cast me out today from your presence, and I shall be hidden from your face and from the face of the earth, and I shall be a wanderer and a fugitive on the …

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3. Genesis 30:1

   When Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.

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   “Leah bore Reu-ben, Simeon, Levi and Judah and then ceased giving birth, whereas Rachel was barren. Because she heard Jacob say that Abraham had prayed over the barren Sarah and was heard and that Isaac had also prayed for Rebekah and was answered, she thought …

   “And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children,....

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4. Exodus 5:21

   “May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”

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   “And they said unto them, the Lord look upon you and judge,....

   “The Lord look upon you, and judge - These were hasty and unkind expressions; but the afflicted must be allowed the privilege of complaining; it is all the solace that such sorrow can find; and if in such distress words are spoken which should not be justified, yet the considerate and benevolent will hear them with indulgence. God is merciful; and the stroke of this people was heavier even than their groaning. Put a sword in their hand - Given them a pretense which they had not before, to oppress us even unto death.

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5. Exodus 5:22

   So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?

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   “And Moses returned unto the Lord,....

   “And Moses returned unto the Lord - This may imply, either that there was a particular place into which Moses ordinarily went to commune with Jehovah; or it may mean that kind of turning of heart and affection to God, which every pious mind feels itself disposed to practice in any time or place.

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6. Exodus 5:23

   Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and You have not delivered Your people in any way.”

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   “For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name,....

   “The earnestness of this remonstrance, and even its approach to irreverence, are quite in keeping with other notices of Moses’ naturally impetuous character. See Exo 3:13.

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7. Exodus 14:11

   They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

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   “And they said unto Moses,....

   “No graves in Egypt - This bitter taunt was probably suggested by the vast extent of cemeteries in Egypt, which might not improperly be called the land of tombs.

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8. Exodus 14:12

   Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”

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   “Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt,....

   “Let us alone - This is a gross exaggeration, yet not without a semblance of truth: for although the Israelites welcomed the message of Moses at first, they gave way completely at the first serious trial. See the reference in the margin. The whole passage foreshadows the conduct of the people in the wilderness.

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9. Exodus 15:23

   And when they came to Marah, they could not drink the water there because it was bitter. (That is why it was named Marah.)

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   “And when they came to Marah,....

   “Marah - Now identified with the fount of Huwara. The fountain rises from a large mound, a whitish petrifaction, deposited by the water, and is considered by the Arabians to be the worst in the whole district.

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10. Exodus 15:24

    So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

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    “And the people murmured against Moses,.... For bringing them into a wilderness where they could find no water fit to drink; saying: what shall we drink? what shall we do for drink? where can we drink? this water is not drinkable, and, unless we have something to drink, we, and our wives, and children, and servants, and cattle, must all perish.

    “The people murmured - They were in a state of great mental degradation, owing to their long and oppressive vassalage, and had no firmness of character. See Clarke’s note on Exo 13:17.

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11. Exodus 16:2

    And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

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    “And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured,....

    “The whole congregation - murmured - This is an additional proof of the degraded state of the minds of this people; See Clarke’s note on Exo 13:17. And this very circumstance affords a convincing argument that a people so stupidly carnal could not have been induced to leave Egypt had they not been persuaded so to do by the most evident and striking miracles. Human nature can never be reduced to a more abject state in this world than that in which the body is enthralled by political slavery, and the soul debased by the influence of sin.

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12. Exodus 16:3

    “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!”

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    “Although this manner of speaking first referred to that people, nonetheless we see it now daily fulfilled in our life and profession. For everyone who has first renounced this world and then returns to his former pursuits and his erstwhile desires proclaims that in deed and in intention he is the same as they were, and he says, "It was well with me in Egypt."I fear that there will be found as many such people as we read there were multitudes of sinners in the time of Moses.

    “And the children of Israel said unto them,....

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13. Exodus 16:8

    And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

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    “In the evening flesh to eat - Viz., the quails; and in the morning bread to the full, viz., the manna. And what are we? - Only his servants, obeying his commands. Your murmurings are not against us - For we have not brought you up from Egypt; but against the Lord, who, by his own miraculous power and goodness, has brought you out of your slavery.

    “And Moses said, this shall be,....

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14. Exodus 16:12

    “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

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    “I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel,....

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15. Exodus 17:2

    So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”

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    “Why chide ye with me? - God is your leader, complain to him; Wherefore do ye tempt the Lord? As he is your leader, all your murmurings against me he considers as directed against himself; why therefore do ye tempt him? Has he not given you sufficient proofs that he can destroy his enemies and support his friends? And is he not among you to do you good? Exo 17:7. Why therefore do ye doubt his power and goodness, and thus provoke him to treat you as his enemies?

    “Wherefore the people did chide with Moses,....

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16. Exodus 17:3

    But the people thirsted for water there, and they grumbled against Moses: “Why have you brought us out of Egypt—to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”

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    “What then does Scripture mention in what follows? "In their thirst for water, the people grumbled against Moses." Perhaps this word that he said may seem superfluous, that the people thirsted for water. For since he said, "In their thirst," what need was there to …

    “And the people thirsted there for water,....

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