24And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?
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And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
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?
And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. …
Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? …
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-27)It should seem, it was with some difficulty that Moses prevailed with Israel to leave that triumphant shore on which they sang the foregoing song. They were so taken up with the sight, or with the song, or with the spoiling of the dead bodies, that they cared not to go forward, but Moses with much ado brought them from the Red Sea into a wilderness. The pleasures of our way to Canaan must not reta…
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