And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Ver. 3. To kill this whole assembly.] Thus discontent will say anything: neither careth it how true the charge be, but how stinging and stabbing.
Verse Exodus 16:3. _THE FLESH POTS_] As the Hebrews were in a state of slavery in Egypt, they were doubtless fed in various companies by their task masters in particular places, where large _pots_ or...
BY THE HAND OF THE LORD - This evidently refers to the plagues, especially the last, in Egypt: the death which befell the Egyptians appeared to the people preferable to the sufferings of famine. FLESH...
XVI. MANNA AND QUAILS (Exodus 16:1 P, Exodus 16:4 a(b) - Exodus 16:5 J, (Exodus 16:6 f.,...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. BREAD. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part), put for all kinds of food (App-6). not for water, because of Exodus 15:27....
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 16 And they took their journey from E-lim, and all the congregation of the children of Is-ra-el came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between E-Iim and Si-nai, on th...
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO THEM, WOULD TO GOD WE HAD DIED BY THE HAND OF THE LORD IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, WHEN WE SAT BY THE FLESH POTS, AND WHEN WE DID EAT BREAD TO THE FULL; FOR YE HAVE BRO...
THIRD MURMURING. SENDING OF THE MANNA 1. Pursuing their march southward, the Israelites come at the end of the first month after their departure from Egypt to the WILDERNESS OF SIN, forming the SW. bo...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 16 FOOD FROM HEAVEN – VERSES 1-36 GOD PROMISES FOOD – VERSES 1-12 V...
WOULD TO GOD WE HAD DIED. — Heb., _Would that we had died._ There is no mention of “God.” BY THE HAND OF THE LORD. — There is, perhaps, an allusion to the last of the plagues, “Would that we had not...
וַ יֹּאמְר֨וּ אֲלֵהֶ֜ם בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מִֽי...
MURMURING FOR FOOD REBUKED Exodus 16:1 Moses made a double promise to the Israelites in God's name. In the evening they were to have flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full. But before the...
From Elim the people moved into the dreariness of the great wilderness and began to be conscious of the scarcity of some of the things which they had had, even in the midst of Egyptian slavery. There...
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh (b) pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye hav...
_Over, greedily feasting on the most nutritive meats. (Haydock)_...
What an awful instance of the desperately wicked state of the human heart! Is this the same Israel which so lately sung God's mercies at the Red sea? Did Israel indeed live in such plenty by the flesh...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 16 AND 17. But now the difficulties of the way arrive. They travel three days without water-a sad effect, in appearance, of such a deliverance; and then the w...
AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SAID UNTO THEM,.... They not only inwardly murmured, and privately complained among themselves, but they spoke out their complaints, and that in a very extravagant manner:...
_Would to God we had died_ They so undervalue their deliverance, that they wish they had died in Egypt; nay, and died by the _hand of the Lord_ too. That is, by some of the plagues which cut off the E...
1 The Israelites come to Sin. 2 They murmure for want of bread. 4 God promiseth them bread from heauen. 11 Quailes are sent, 14 and Manna. 16 The ordering of Manna. 25 It was not to bee found on...
THE MURMURING ABOUT THE FOOD...
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, in the last great plague which cut off the first-born of the Egyptians, WHEN WE SAT BY...
FIFTH SECTION The journey through the wilderness to Sinai. Want of water. Marah. Elim. The Wilderness of Sin. Quails. Manna. Rephidim (Massah and Meribah). The Amalekites. Jethro and his advice, a hu...
BREAD FROM HEAVEN FOR THE WILDERNESS (vs.1-36) Just one month following the Passover in Egypt, Israel, leaving the refreshment of Elim's oasis, came into "the wilderness of sin" (v.1). Sin means "tho...
1-12 The provisions of Israel, brought from Egypt, were spent by the middle of the second month, and they murmured. It is no new thing for the greatest kindness to be basely represented as the greate...
BY THE HAND OF THE LORD; by any of those plagues wherewith God destroyed the Egyptians. WHEN WE DID EAT BREAD TO THE FULL; which is not probable; but they amplify their former mercies, that they might...
"And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month af...
Exodus 16:3 children H1121 Israel H3478 said H559 (H8799) that H4310 H5414 (H8799) died H4191 ...
CHAPTER 16 GOD PROVIDES MANNA AND QUAILS FOR HIS PEOPLE - THE SIGN OF THE SEVENTH DAY (EXODUS 16:2). In this chapter God provides both meat and ‘bread' for His people. The passage continues to reveal...
Exodus 16:1. _And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the se...
CONTENTS: Murmuring of the people. Manna and quails given by God. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: The believer is apt to forget a thousand mercies in the presence of one trifling privatio...
Exodus 16:1. _The fifteenth day of the second month;_ that is, Jiar, or the 30th of April. See the table, chap. 12. Exodus 16:2. _Israel murmured._ They wantonly said as in Psalms 78:20, Can the Lord...
_The wilderness of Sin._ MOSES IN THE WILDERNESS OF SIN People may be strong and hopeful at the beginning of a project, and most effusively and devoutly thankful at its close, but the difficulty is...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 16:3 When the people of Israel wish that they had DIED, they show that they have not understood who God is and how he is working to fulfill his promises....
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 16:1_ MURMURINGS We find the Israelites now in a very important and interesting stage of their great journey between Elim and Sinai; the former the place of...
EXPOSITION THE FIRST MURMURING FOR FOOD. From Elim, or the fertile tract extending from Wady Ghurnndel to Wady Tayibeh, the Israelites, after a time, removed, and ca-camped (as we learn from Numbers 3...
The children of Israel are moving now through the wilderness. And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is betwee...
would Numbers 20:3 Deuteronomy 28:67 Joshua 7:7 2 Samuel 18:33...
They so undervalue their deliverance, that they wish, they had died in Egypt, nay, and died by the hand of the Lord too. That is, by some of the plagues which cut off the Egyptians; as if it were not...