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Exodus 16:6
So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses and Aaron address the entire Israelite community at twilight, immediately following the instruction to gather a double portion on the sixth day. They speak just before the promised evening meal that will serve as a visible confirmation of God's deliverance.
The words — עֶרֶב ('E.rev) marks the evening period when the sign will be fulfilled. וַ/יֹּאמֶר (va/i.Yo.mer) records the declarative speech act that introduces Moses and Aaron's message to the people.
The thread — The phrase “you will know that it was the LORD” aligns with Exodus 6:7 and Numbers 16:28, where divine action or leadership is authenticated through observable events. Exodus 16:12 immediately pairs this evening sign with the morning provision of bread, framing the complete daily cycle of God's response to Israel's grumbling.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to attribute the Exodus to Yahweh rather than to human mediators. It demands that faith be grounded in witnessed divine intervention instead of personal convenience or complaint.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
Cross-references
- Exodus 6:7 I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.
- 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.’”
- Numbers 16:28 Then Moses said, “This is how you will know that the LORD has sent me to do all these things, for it was not my own doing:
- Numbers 16:30 But if the LORD brings about something unprecedented, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them and all that belongs to them so that they go down alive into Sheol, then you will know that these men have treated the LORD with contempt.”
- Exodus 12:51 And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
- 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!”
- 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.”
- Exodus 32:1 Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
- Exodus 32:7 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.
- Exodus 32:11 But Moses sought the favor of the LORD his God, saying, “O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people, whom You brought out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand?