11And 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?
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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. …
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. …
Wherefore 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? …
And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. …
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 10-14)We have here, I. The fright that the children of Israel were in when they perceived that Pharaoh pursued them, Exod. 14:10. They knew very well the strength and rage of the enemy, and their own weakness; numerous indeed they were, but all on foot, unarmed, undisciplined, disquieted by long servitude, and (which was worst of all) now penned up by the situation of their camp, so that they could not…
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