Exodus 16 · Verse 6

Exodus 16:6

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:
Exodus 16:6, King James Version

Exodus 16:6 in other translations

BSBSo 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,
WEBMoses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, “At evening, you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt.
ASVAnd Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that Jehovah hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
YLTAnd Moses saith--Aaron also--unto all the sons of Israel, ‘Evening--and ye have known that Jehovah hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
DARBYAnd Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, In the evening, then shall ye know that Jehovah has brought you out from the land of Egypt;
BBEAnd Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, This evening it will be clear to you that it is the Lord who has taken you out of the land of Egypt:
WebsterAnd Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, At evening, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:

What does Exodus 16:6 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out - After all the miracles they had seen they appear still to suppose that their being brought out of Egypt was the work of Moses and Aaron; for though the miracles they had already seen were convincing for the time, yet as soon as they had passed by they relapsed into their former infidelity. God therefore saw it necessary to give them a daily miracle in the fall of the manna, that they might have the proof if his Divine interposition constantly before their eyes. Thus they knew that Jehovah had brought them out, and that it was not the act of Moses and Aaron.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 16:1-12

Chapter Outline The Israelites come to the wilderness of Sin. They murmur for food, God promises bread from heaven. (1-12) God sends quails and manna. (13-21) Particulars respecting the manna. (22-31) An omer of manna to be preserved. (32-36) Verses 1-12 The provisions of Israel, brought from Egypt, were spent by the middle of the second month, and they murmured. It is no new thing for the greatest kindness to be…

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Exodus 16:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
מֹשֶׁה֙mo.ShehMosesH4872
וְאַהֲרֹ֔ןve.'a.ha.Ronand AaronH175
אֶֽל\־'el-toH413
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
בְּנֵ֖יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
עֶ֕רֶב'E.reveveningH6153
וִֽידַעְתֶּ֕םvi.da'.Temand you will knowH3045
כִּ֧יkithatH3588
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
הוֹצִ֥יאho.Tzi'he brought outH3318
אֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
מֵאֶ֥רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרָֽיִם\׃mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 16:6

  • Exodus 6:7

    And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

  • Numbers 16:30

    But if the Lord make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the Lord.

  • Numbers 16:28

    And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the Lord hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind.

  • Exodus 16:12-13

    I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God. And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.

  • Exodus 12:51

    And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

  • Exodus 16:3

    And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

  • Exodus 32:7

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves:

  • Exodus 16:8

    And 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.

  • Exodus 32:1

    And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

  • Psalms 77:20

    Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

  • Exodus 32:11

    And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?

  • Isaiah 63:11-12

    Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

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even.
8,12,13
the Lord.
3; 6:7; 12:51; 32:1,7,11; Nu 16:28,30; Ps 77:20; Isa 63:11,12

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Context

  • Exodus 16:5

    And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.

  • Exodus 16:6

    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:

  • Exodus 16:7

    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?

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Exodus 16:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces dijo Moisés y Aarón á todos los hijos de Israel: A la tarde sabréis que Jehová os ha sacado de la tierra de Egipto:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse et Aaron dirent à tous les fils d’Israël: Au soir vous saurez que l’ Éternel vous a fait sortir du pays d’Égypte;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Mose und Aaron sprachen zu allen Kindern Israel: Am Abend, da werdet ihr erkennen, daß Jehova euch aus dem Lande Ägypten herausgeführt hat;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixeruntque Moyses et Aaron ad omnes filios Israël: Vespere scietis quod Dominus eduxerit vos de terra Ægypti,