Exodus 16:1
A month's provision, it seems, the host of Israel took with them out of Egypt, when they came thence on the 15th day of the first month, which, by the 15th day of the second month, was all spent.... [ Continue Reading ]
A month's provision, it seems, the host of Israel took with them out of Egypt, when they came thence on the 15th day of the first month, which, by the 15th day of the second month, was all spent.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the whole congregation murmured against Moses and Aaron — God's viceregents among them.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 the hand of the Lord, but of Moses only, that brought them into this wilderness. 'Tis common for peo... [ Continue Reading ]
Man being made out of the earth, his Maker has wisely ordered him food out of the earth, Psalms 104:14. But the people of Israel typifying the church of the first — born that are written in heaven, receiving their charters, laws and commissions from heaven, from heaven also they received their food.... [ Continue Reading ]
They shall prepare — Lay up, grind, bake or boil.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord — And not we, (as you suggest) by our own counsel.... [ Continue Reading ]
The glory of the Lord — An extra — ordinary and sudden brightness.... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall know that I am the Lord your God — This gave proof of his power as the Lord, and his particular favour to them as their God; when God plagued the Egyptians, it was to make them know that he is the Lord; when he provided for the Israelites, it was to make them know that he was their God.... [ Continue Reading ]
The quails came up, and covered the camp — So tame that they might take up as many of them as they pleased. Next morning he rained manna upon them, which was to be continued to them for their daily bread.... [ Continue Reading ]
What is this? Manna descended from the clouds. It came down in dew melted, and yet was itself of such a consistency as to serve for nourishing strengthening food, without any thing else: It was pleasant food; the Jews say it was palatable to all, according as their tastes were. It was wholesome food... [ Continue Reading ]
An omer — The tenth part of an Ephah: Near six pints, wine — measure.... [ Continue Reading ]
Let no man leave 'till morning — But let them learn to go to bed and sleep quietly, though they had not a bit of bread in their tent, nor in all their camp, trusting God with the following day to bring them their daily bread. Never was there such a market of provisions as this, where so many hundred... [ Continue Reading ]
Here is a plain intimation of the observing a seventh day sabbath, not only before the giving of the law upon mount Sinai, but before the bringing of Israel out of Egypt and therefore from the beginning. If the sabbath had now been first instituted, how could Moses have understood what God said to h... [ Continue Reading ]
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 corruption, was a standing miracle; and therefore the more proper memorial of this miraculous food. The... [ Continue Reading ]