Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Exodus 16:4
That I may prove them - The trial consisted in the restriction to the supply of their daily wants.
That I may prove them - The trial consisted in the restriction to the supply of their daily wants.
Verse Exodus 16:4. _I WILL RAIN BREAD_] Therefore this substance was not a production of the desert: nor was the dew that was the instrument of producing it _common_ there, else they must have had thi...
XVI. MANNA AND QUAILS (Exodus 16:1 P, Exodus 16:4 a(b) - Exodus 16:5 J, (Exodus 16:6 f.,...
THE MANNA. -- Exodus 16:4-12. GOLDEN TEXT. --_ Jesus said unto them,. am the Bread of Life._ -- John 6:35. TIME. --B. C. 1491. The spring of the year. PLACES. --The Wilderness of Sin, between Elim and...
SAID THE LORD. See notes on Exodus 3:7 and Exodus 6:10. Behold. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
THEN SAID THE LORD UNTO MOSES— This was, no doubt, in answer to Moses's application by prayer to the Lord on account of these murmurings; when Jehovah was graciously pleased to promise them bread from...
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...
_THEN SAID THE LORD UNTO MOSES, BEHOLD, I WILL RAIN BREAD FROM HEAVEN FOR YOU; AND THE PEOPLE SHALL GO OUT AND GATHER A CERTAIN RATE EVERY DAY, THAT I MAY PROVE THEM, WHETHER THEY WILL WALK IN MY LAW,...
16:4 need (a-25) Lit. 'word,' or 'thing.'...
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...
A CERTAIN RATE EVERY DAY] RV 'a day's portion every day': see Exodus 16:16. THAT I MAY PROVE THEM] The miracle had a moral purpose. It was intended not merely to satisfy their hunger, but to teach the...
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...
I WILL RAIN BREAD FROM HEAVEN FOR YOU. — This first announcement at once suggests that the supply is to be supernatural. “Bread from heaven” was not simply “food out of the air” (Rosenmüller), but a c...
וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֔ה הִנְנִ֨י מַמ
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...
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every (c) day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my l...
_Prove. Show by experience. Therefore he orders the Hebrews to gather manna only for one day, except on Friday. Many suppose that this bread of angels began to fall on Sunday, (ver. 22; Origen, hom. 7...
Observe, how the Lord magnifies the riches of his grace. Might not the Lord have justly said, I will rain down fire and brimstone to destroy them. Compare what the Lord did in this instance with what...
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...
4._Then said the Lord unto Moses. _It is probable that Moses passes over much in silence, because it is not consistent that the insolence of the people was left without even a single word of chastisem...
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...
THEN SAID THE LORD UNTO MOSES,.... Who no doubt had been praying to him, as was his usual manner, when the people were in distress and complained, and was heard and answered by him: behold, I WILL RA...
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law,...
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 firstborn_ that are written in heaven,...
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...
Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, a certain amount day after day, THAT I MAY PROVE THEM WHE...
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...
A CERTAIN RATE EVERY DAY: _ Heb._ the portion of a day in his day...
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...
BREAD, i.e. _manna_, which shall serve them instead of bread, NUMBERS 11:8, and was a more delicate and pleasant kind of bread, called therefore _the bread of angels_, PSALMS 78:24,25. FROM HEAVEN; th...
"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 16:4 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 rain H4305 (H8688) bread H3899 heaven H8064 people...
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 16:4 There can be nothing more sobering than the truth that this life is a state of trial and preparation for another. There is at the same time something wonderfully satisfying in the idea. I...
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...
_That I may prove them._ LIFE A PROBATION There can be nothing more sobering than the truth that this life is a state of trial and preparation for another. There is at the same time something wonder...
_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 16:4 When God provided BREAD FROM HEAVEN, it met Israel’s physical needs and showed that their whole lives were to be sustained by the Lord and governed by his word....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 16:13. Quails.] Heb. שלו. “so called from its fatness” (Gesenius). According to all accounts, the “quail” abounds in those regions. EXODUS 16:15. MANNA.] It is evidently prema...
EXPOSITION THE PROMISE OF BREAD FROM HEAVEN. When men who are in real distress make complaint, even though the tone of their complaint be not such as it ought to be, God in his mercy is wont to have c...
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...
I will rain Psalms 78:24 Psalms 78:25 Psalms 105:40 John 6:31 John 6:32...
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, re...