TheWay BibleHome›Bible›Exodus›Exodus 16›Exodus 16:1
Exodus 16:1 KJV
Exodus · chapter 16 · verse 1
And 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.Exodus 16:1 · King James Version
Exodus 16:1 in context
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.
2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationʻêdâha stated assemblageH5712 →
- wildernessmidbâra pastureH4057 →
- fifteenthchâmêshfiveH2568 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- journeynâçaʻproperly, to pull up, especially the tent-pinsH5265 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
Keep reading in TheWay Bible App
Read, study, memorize, journal, and pray — tap any word for its Greek or Hebrew definition, save verses to memorize, and keep a journal. Free on the web and iOS.
The host of Israel, it seems, took along with them out of Egypt, when they came thence on the fifteenth day of the first month, a month's provisions, which, by the fifteenth day of the second month, was all spent; and here we have, I. Their discontent and murmuring upon that occasion, Exo 16:2, Exo 16:3.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-12