EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 16:2 Although the people GRUMBLED AGAINST MOSES AND AARON, Moses will make it clear that their complaint is really against the Lord (see v. Exodus 16:7). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 16:3 When the people of Israel wish that they had DIED, they show that they have not understood who God is and how he is working to fulfill his promises. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 16:7 The people are responding to the Lord’s power as if it is disconnected from who he is (see v. Exodus 16:3). Moses says that they will see THE GLORY OF THE LORD (v. Exodus 16:10), which is a sign of his presence (see Exodus 24:16; Exodus 40:34). ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 16:15 The term “manna” (see v. Exodus 16:31) sounds like the Hebrew phrase “WHAT IS IT?” (see esv footnote). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 16:20 When the people do not LISTEN TO MOSES, they are not obeying the Lord, who chose Moses to lead them. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 16:22 The instructions for gathering manna for six days and resting on the seventh as a HOLY SABBATH (v. Exodus 16:23) begin to shape Israel in the pattern of regular work and rest. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img;... [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 16:24 The manna’s condition (without STINK and WORMS) is controlled, as their lives should be, by the word of the Lord (see v. Exodus 16:28). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
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; Exodus 34:28) that will be placed in the ark (see Exodus 25:16). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 16:35 That Israel ate MANNA TILL THEY CAME TO THE BORDER OF THE LAND OF CANAAN indicates that at least this verse was written after Israel had finished its wandering in the wilderness (see Joshua 5:12). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len... [ Continue Reading ]