Exodus 16:8

Shall give you in the evening flesh to eat.

This refers to the miraculous supply of quails which became. part of their food. The identification of the Hebrew "slav," the name of the birds in verse 13, with the common quail, may be assumed as certain. The name is applied in Arabic to that bird; it migrates in immense numbers in the spring from the south. It is nowhere more common than in the neighborhood of the Red Sea. When exhausted by. long flight it is easily captured, even with the hand. The flesh is palatable and not unwholesome when eaten in moderation. In this passage we read of. single flight so dense that it covered the encampment. The miracle consisted in the precise time of the arrival and its coincidence with the announcement.

The Lord heareth your murmurings.

While the Lord proposed to feed, preserve and lead the people to Canaan, he intended also to rebuke their distrust and murmurings. The abundant supply of food would be. rebuke to their unbelief.

Your murmurings are not against us.

Moses and Aaron were not acting of themselves, but only as the agents of the Lord. Those who reject the chosen servants of the Lord reject him (See 1 Samuel 8:7 and John 12:44).