1)

Having just Davened (see Seforno) for bread, why did Moshe not wait for a reply before proceeding to issue instructions?

1.

Seforno #1: He instinctively knew that his prayers had been answered, because they came out fluently. 1

2.

Seforno #2: Because Moshe Rabeinu's Tefilos on behalf of Klal Yisrael were always answered. 2

1

Seforno: As the Gemara in Berachos 34b, says with regard to R. Chanina ben Dosa.

2

Presumably that is what the Seforno means when, after the previous explanation, he adds 'O Yoser mi'Zeh.'

2)

Where exactly was "Lifnei Hashem"?

1.

Rashi and Seforno: In front of the location where the Cloud of Glory, containing the Shechinah, was about to appear. 1

1

As the Torah specifically writes in the following Pasuk, 16:10.

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