Exodus 16:1-8
THE MURMURING ABOUT THE FOOD... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MURMURING ABOUT THE FOOD... [ Continue Reading ]
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 eastern shore of the Gulf of Suez, ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE SECOND MONTH AFTER THEIR DEPARTING OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. Their dissatisfied complaint was directed against both leaders, and so against the divine act of bringing them out of Egypt, that is, against Jehovah Himself.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, in the last great plague which cut off the first-born of the Egyptians, WHEN WE SAT BY THE FLESH-POTS, AND WHEN WE DID EAT BREAD TO THE FULL, when they, in spite of all their other affli... [ Continue Reading ]
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 WHETHER THEY WILL WALK IN MY LAW OR NO. The Lord intended to test their faith and obedience in connecti... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in, they should measure the portion very carefully and set it aside; AND IT SHALL BE TWICE AS MUCH AS THEY GATHER DAILY. Cf v. 22.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt, they would be given further unmistakable evidence that it was the Lord who had brought about their deliverance;... [ Continue Reading ]
and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord, they would be given definite proof of His almighty power and majesty, of His glorious presence; FOR THAT HE, God, HEARETH YOUR MURMURINGS AGAINST THE LORD, Jehovah, the Son of God, who was the real leader of the people in its desert journe... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said, This shall be when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against Him. And what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord. Thus the people were reprove... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass that on the sixth day of the week THEY GATHERED TWICE AS MUCH BREAD, TWO OMERS FOR ONE MAN, about five quarts per person; AND ALL THE RULERS OF THE CONGREGATION, the princes, or leaders, of the various tribes, CAME. AND TOLD MOSES. The strangeness of the happening caused them to... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SABBATH REST... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said (v. 5.), TOMORROW IS THE REST OF THE HOLY SABBATH UNTO THE LORD, which up to that time had evidently not been observed. BAKE THAT WHICH YE WILL BAKE TODAY, AND SEETHE THAT YE WILL SEETHE; they were to prepare and eat their meals as usual;... [ Continue Reading ]
And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein, which showed that the entire matter was in the hands of God's providence.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a Sabbath unto the Lord; today ye shall not find it in the field, another proof that it was not the natural manna (which in warm weather oozes out of the branches of the tarfa-tree) with which the children of Israel were dealing, but a gift from heaven, s... [ Continue Reading ]
Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, in the same obstinate willfulness which characterized the people throughout, AND THEY FOUND NONE.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and My laws? The people were giving a poor account of their faith in this trial of their obedience and heaping one sin upon the other.... [ Continue Reading ]
See, for that the Lord hath given you the Sabbath, therefore He giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days. That was the explanation repeated, which included the reproof. ABIDE YE EVERY MAN IN HIS PLACE, LET NO MAN GO OUT OF HIS PLACE ON THE SEVENTH DAY. That was the plain command, which perm... [ Continue Reading ]
So the people rested on the seventh day; from this time the observance of the seventh day as the Sabbath dates.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the house of Israel called the name thereof, of the miraculous bread, manna; AND IT WAS LIKE CORIANDER SEED, WHITE, small, round kernels of dull white or yellowish green color; AND THE TASTE OF IT WAS LIKE WAFERS MADE WITH HONEY. Cf Numbers 11:7. It could be ground in a hand-mill, crushed in a m... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commandeth, Fill an omer of it, a measure containing just that amount, TO BE KEPT FOR YOUR GENERATIONS, for all future times, THAT THEY MAY SEE THE BREAD WHEREWITH I HAVE FED YOU IN THE WILDERNESS, WHEN I BROUGHT YOU FORTH FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT.... [ Continue Reading ]
MANNA SAVED FOR A MEMORIAL... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 made at God's command, the receptacle of the tables of the testimony and also of the pot of manna, Exo... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, an omer is the tenth part of an ephah, as the author adds by way of explanation, an ephah at that time measuring almost three and one-fourth pecks. This closes the account concerning the manna for the present. The entire story reminds us of the gracious providence of God, which takes care of al... [ Continue Reading ]