I have heard the murmurings of the children of
Israel
This Moses and Aaron had often affirmed, and now the Lord
confirms what they had said, and lets them know that he took
notice of their murmurings, and disapproved of them, and was
displeased with them; though he did not think fit to resent them
in an angry way, but dealt kindly and graciously with them; and
since he had brought them into a wilderness, which was his own
act, he would take care of them, and provide for them; which they
might reasonably conclude he would, since he had done so many
great and good things for them, in bringing them out of Egypt,
and through the Red sea, and had slain all their enemies, and had
given them water when in distress, and therefore need not have
murmured nor have doubted but that he would give them bread also:
speak unto them, saying, at even ye shall eat
flesh;
meaning that very evening, when the quails came up, as the
following verse shows: and in the morning ye shall be
filled with bread;
the next morning, when the manna fell around their camp, so that
they had bread, and fulness of it: and ye shall know that I
am the Lord your God;
good and gracious, kind and merciful, ever mindful of his
covenant and promises, able to supply their wants, and provide
them with everything necessary and sufficient for them.