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Exodus 16:7
and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses and Aaron address the Israelites in the wilderness after announcing that God will provide meat that evening and bread in the morning. They speak to the people to redirect their complaints from human leadership to God.
The words — The Hebrew כְּבוֹד (kĕḇôḏ) denotes the visible manifestation or weight of God’s presence, and תְּלֻנּוֹתֵיכֶם (tĕlunnôṯêḵem) literally means your grumblings. The text explicitly states that God will reveal His glory in the morning because He has heard these complaints, before noting that the murmuring is ultimately directed at Him rather than at Moses and Aaron.
The thread — The promise to see God’s glory appears in Isaiah 40:5 as a universal revelation and in John 11:40 as a condition linked to belief. The pattern of murmuring against God’s appointed agents recurs in Numbers 16:11, where Moses clarifies that complaints against his leadership are complaints against Yahweh.
Why it lands — The verse requires readers to identify that grievances against God’s provision methods are grievances against God Himself. It demands a direct alignment of trust with the source of sustenance rather than with the human channels through which it is delivered.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord; for that he heareth your murmurings against the Lord: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
Cross-references
- Isaiah 40:5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- Numbers 16:11 Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?”
- John 11:40 Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- Exodus 16:10 And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.
- Isaiah 35:2 It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
- John 11:4 When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- Exodus 40:34 Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Numbers 14:10 But the whole congregation threatened to stone Joshua and Caleb. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to all the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 16:42 But when the congregation gathered against them, Moses and Aaron turned toward the Tent of Meeting, and suddenly the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared.
- Exodus 24:10 and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.