As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
Ver. 34. To be kept.] For the use of succeeding ages in the most holy places. So Christ, glorified in his humanity, abides for ever. Heb 7:24
Verse Exodus 16:34. _LAID IT UP BEFORE THE TESTIMONY_] The עדות _eduth_ or _testimony_ belonged properly to the tabernacle, but that was not yet built. Some are of opinion that the tabernacle, built...
THE TESTIMONY - See the marginal references....
XVI. MANNA AND QUAILS (Exodus 16:1 P, Exodus 16:4 a(b) - Exodus 16:5 J, (Exodus 16:6 f.,...
THE TESTIMONY. the Ark. Figure of speech _Hysterologia._ App-6. The ark not yet made....
TAKE A POT, &C.— It is probable that this command is mentioned here by way of anticipation, and that the pot of manna was not laid up _before the testimony,_ till after the giving of the law. This _po...
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 MOSES SAID, THIS IS THE THING WHICH THE LORD COMMANDETH, FILL AN OMER OF IT TO BE KEPT FOR YOUR GENERATIONS; THAT THEY MAY SEE THE BREAD WHEREWITH I HAVE FED YOU IN THE WILDERNESS, WHEN I BROUGHT...
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...
THE TESTIMONY] the Law which 'testifies' to God's will, inscribed on the two tables of stone and deposited in the ark (Exodus 25:16), which is accordingly called the 'ark of the testimony' (Exodus 25:...
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...
(32-35) AND MOSES SAID... FILL AN OMER. — This narrative, which must belong to a later date than any other part of Exodus, since it assumes that the Tabernacle is set up (Exodus 16:34), seems to have...
כַּ אֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַ
DAILY FOOD AND ITS MEMORIAL Exodus 16:27 Wherever the cloud broods the manna falls. If we are true to God's leadings, and pitch our tents in obedience to His guiding cloud, we may confidently reckon...
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...
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the (p) Testimony, to be kept. (p) That is, the Ark of the covenant that is, after the Ark was made....
The testimony was the ark, which held the tables of the law. Exodus 25:16....
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...
AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES, SO AARON LAID IT UP BEFORE THE TESTIMONY, TO BE KEPT. That is, before the ark of the testimony; when that was made, as it was in a little time after this, called the testi...
_Take a pot_ A golden pot, Hebrews 9:4. For all the vessels of the sanctuary were of gold. _Lay it up before the Lord_ That is, in the tabernacle, and by the ark, when they should be built: _Before th...
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...
MANNA SAVED FOR A MEMORIAL...
As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the testimony, to be kept. The historian here anticipates an event of the future, for it was some time later that the Ark of the Covenant was ma...
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...
32-36 God having provided manna to be his people's food in the wilderness, the remembrance of it was to be preserved. Eaten bread must not be forgotten. God's miracles and mercies are to be had in re...
i.e. Before the ark, which is called _the ark of the testimony_, EXODUS 25:16; and here, by way of abbreviation, THE TESTIMONY, or _witness_, because in it were the tables of the covenant, or the law...
"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 16:34 LORD H3068 commanded H6680 (H8765) Moses H4872 Aaron H175 up H3240 (H8686) before H6440 Testimony...
THE MANNA PRESERVED AS A MEMORIAL FOR THE FUTURE (EXODUS 16:31). Exodus 16:31 ‘And the house of Israel called its name Manna (Hebrew ‘man'), and it was white like coriander seed, and its taste was...
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...
_Put an omer full of manna therein._ AN INSTRUCTIVE MEMORIAL I. By whom the memorial was enjoined. “The Lord.” We have need to set up memorials in our lives which shall call upon our souls to rememb...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 16:32 PLACED IT BEFORE THE TESTIMONY. The “testimony” refers to the two tablets of the Ten Commandments (see Exodus 31:18;...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 16:32_ AN INSTRUCTIVE MEMORIAL I. BY WHOM THE MEMORIAL WAS ENJOINED. “This is the thing which the Lord commanded.” This memorial was not the outcome of supe...
EXPOSITION THE APPEARANCE OF THE MANNA, ITS CONTINUANCE, AND ITS DEPOSITION IN THE TABERNACLE.—In bringing the subject of the manna to a conclusion, the writer adds a few words. 1. On its appearance...
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...
Exodus 25:16 Exodus 25:21 Exodus 27:21 Exodus 30:6 Exodus 30:36...
An omer of this manna was laid up in a golden pot as we are told, Hebrews 9:4, and kept before the testimony, or the ark, when it was afterwards made, The preservation of this manna from waste and cor...