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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...
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THAT I MAY PROVE THEM - The trial consisted in the restriction to the
supply of their daily wants....
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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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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...
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SAID THE LORD. See notes on Exodus 3:7 and Exodus 6:10. Behold. Figure
of speech _Asterismos._ App-6....
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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...
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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...
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_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,...
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16:4 need (a-25) Lit. 'word,' or 'thing.'...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֔ה
הִנְנִ֨י מַמ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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THE MURMURING ABOUT THE FOOD...
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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...
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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...
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A CERTAIN RATE EVERY DAY:
_ Heb._ the portion of a day in his day...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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I will rain Psalms 78:24 Psalms 78:25 Psalms 105:40 John 6:31 John
6:32...
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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...