Text and Rabbinic commentary from Navigating the Bible . Chapter XX , Dialogue With Trypho , Justin Martyr . God richly feeds everyone, and no one can justly complain. From Matthew Henry's Commentary . From Wesley's Notes .
None talk more absurdly than murmurers.
There is a gum of the same name distilled in this desert region from the tamarisk, which is much prized by the natives, and preserved carefully by those who gather it. It is collected early in the morning, melts under the heat of the sun, and is congealed by the cold of night. Perhaps it is this other side, the underside of the liberation shekel, that ought to give us in the West the most to ponder in reading the story of God's salvation in Exodus. This God of Exodus, who saves the oppressed, is the God who judges the oppressor who will not let go. Rough Translation, Disposition, Immediate Context, Broader Context, Hermeneutical Bridge and Contemporary Address.