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Exodus 16:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 8And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
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Quick Meaning
The wording “And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning…” at 16:8 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there.
Read It With
- Exodus 16:1–12
Read Exodus 16:8 with 16:1–12. The wording “And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning…” at 16:8 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there. The whole unit shows: The congregation longs for Egypt's food, God promises daily bread as a test, quail is announced, and divine glory meets the complaint without romanticizing Egypt's slavery.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Exodus 15:22–27 establishes the preceding movement: Three waterless days end at bitter Marah; complaint, divine provision, a statute and testing speech, and Elim's abundant springs begin wilderness dependence. This unit continues that movement: The congregation longs for Egypt's food, God promises daily bread as a test, quail is announced, and divine glory meets the complaint without romanticizing Egypt's slavery. At 16:8, the wording “And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning…” makes this verse's contribution precise. The wording “And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning…” at 16:8 supplies evidence for the unit's movement and its effect on the people named there.
What Remains True
Because Exodus 16:8 contributes “And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning…” to “Hunger Produces Complaint and a Bread Promise,” its proportionate enduring truth is: Need exposes fear and mistrust, but the story repeatedly joins provision with practices that train dependence, memory, shared sufficiency, and rest.
How It Can Shape Life
- At Exodus 16:8, the line “And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning…” serves this contextual meaning: The congregation longs for Egypt's food, God promises daily bread as a test, quail is announced, and divine glory meets the complaint without romanticizing Egypt's slavery. The bounded action is: A proportionate application of “Hunger Produces Complaint and a Bread Promise” is this: Respond to complaints by checking the real need and distribution system first; build rhythms that prevent hoarding, burnout, and dependence on one leader.
Continue in Context
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Read Exodus 16:1–12 — Hunger Produces Complaint and a Bread PromiseSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Exodus 16:1–12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech, law, ritual vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Exod.xml, words and morphology for 16:1–12
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Exodus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2026-08-12
Supports: Unit-bounded Hebrew, syntax, lexical, textual, name, measure, legal, ritual, and older-English notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Exodus PDF, complete 127-page PDF, translation and verse-attached translator notes for 16:1–12
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