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 chiastic patterns, a pattern which also appears in Leviticus and predominates in the book of Number... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And they took their journey from Elim and all the congregation of the children of Israel came into the Wilderness of Sin which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.' The analysis suggest that this verse closes the passag... [ Continue Reading ]
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 chiastic patterns, a pattern which also appears in Leviticus and predominates in the book of Number... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GATHERING OF THE MANNA AND THE ESTABLISHING OF THE SABBATH (EXODUS 16:16). Instructions are given with regard to the gathering of the manna and with regard to the Sabbath which is seemingly now instituted for all Israel. a The command is given that they gather an omer per head (Exodus 16:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Moses said to them, “Let no man leave of it until the morning.” In spite of this they did not listen to Moses but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.' Each days supply was to be for that day alone, and Moses ordered them not to... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating, and when the sun grew hot it melted.' Each morning they gathered an omer per person according to the number in each tent. And ‘when the sun grew hot it melted'. While this does not exclude ants as partly consuming it, it d... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And it happened on the sixth day that they gathered twice as much food, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.' The gathering of twice as much was in accordance with the instruction in Exodus 16:5. It is noteworthy that Moses was keeping a close watch o... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And he said to them, “This is that which Yahweh spoke. Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath to Yahweh. Bake what you will bake and seethe what you will seethe and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.” ' The impression given here is that Moses is imparting... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And they laid it up until the morning as Moses ordered them, and it did not smell nor was there any worm in it.' When they laid up Manna for the seventh day it did not go bad. It may be that it had been cooked on the previous day and that that prevented this. (Cooking was certainly later forbidden... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Moses said, “Eat that today. For today is a sabbath in honour of Yahweh. Today you will not find it in the surrounding area (field, countryside). Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath, in it there will be none.” And so it was that on the seventh day some of the peop... [ Continue Reading ]
‘And Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?” Yahweh rebukes the disobedient people through Moses but there is no penalty. This can surely only be because it was a new institution. The cry of Yahweh hear is reflected in every generation. How He longs that... [ Continue Reading ]
“See. Because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, that is why he gives you on the sixth day food for two days. Let every man of you remain in his place. Let no man go out of his place on the Sabbath day.” So the people rested on the seventh day.' The purpose of the solemn Sabbath is so that every man... [ Continue Reading ]
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 like wafers made with honey.' Note the unusual ‘house of Israel', only found in Exodus here and in... [ Continue Reading ]