Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Exodus 16:33
A pot - The word here used occurs in no other passage. It corresponds in form and use to the Egyptian for a casket or vase in which oblations were presented.
A pot - The word here used occurs in no other passage. It corresponds in form and use to the Egyptian for a casket or vase in which oblations were presented.
XVI. MANNA AND QUAILS (Exodus 16:1 P, Exodus 16:4 a(b) - Exodus 16:5 J, (Exodus 16:6 f.,...
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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...
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...
LAY IT UP BEFORE THE LORD. — Comp. Exodus 16:33, where Aaron is said to have “laid it up before the Testimony,” _i.e.,_ the Two Tables. According to the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Ark o...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶֽל ־אַהֲרֹ֗ן קַ֚ח צִנְצ
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...
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a (o) pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. (o) Of this vessel read (Hebrews 9:4)....
_A vessel, "a golden urn," as the Septuagint and St. Paul (Hebrews ix. 4,) express it. This was placed in the tabernacle, where the Hebrews met to pray, till the ark was made. (Calmet)_...
Here was a standing miracle of God's power in the preservation of this food, which 24 hours could not keep pure in its own natural state. And was not this a type of the Church, amidst all her foes, an...
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 MOSES SAID UNTO AARON, TAKE A POT,.... The Targum of Jonathan calls it an earthen pot; and so Jarchi; which, if it could be supported, might be considered as an emblem of the ministers of the word...
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. Ver. 33. _Take a pot._] A golden pot. Heb 9:4 Strabo _a_...
_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...
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the Lord to be kept for your generations, for all future descendants....
MANNA SAVED FOR A MEMORIAL...
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...
In the tabernacle, and by the ark, when they shall be built, and at present in the place where you meet for the solemn worship of God....
"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 16:33 Moses H4872 said H559 (H8799) Aaron H175 Take H3947 (H8798) a H259 pot H6803 put...
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...
Hebrews 9:4...