Exodus 16:2 (WEB)
The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
Fathers and councils · 3
Augustine of Hippo
“…given on their journey the pleasant things, whereby perchance they would have been corrupted, they murmured against God, and went back in heart unto Egypt: to that place whence in body they had been severed, in heart they went back.” — editor's note: Exod. xvi. 2; Acts vii. 39.
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Tertullian
“How leddest thou us out into these deserts, to kill this assembly by famine?”” — editor's note: See Ex. xvi. 1–3.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“They did not indeed speak as Israel did, for they were not murmurers like them, in their afflictions in the desert, after the escape from Egypt—that Egypt would have been better for them than the…” — editor's note: Exod. xvi. 2 et seq.
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Cross-references · 1
Exodus 16:2 and Numbers 14:2 share the same wording (9 words).