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The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:14
When the dew that lay was gone up. The moisture which lay upon the herbage soon evaporated, drawn up by the sun; and then the miracle revealed itself. There remained upon each leaf and each blade of grass a delicate sma…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:14-18
Bread from heaven. Our Lord tells us that the manna was a type of him, and that he was the "true bread from heaven" (John 6:32). We may profitably consider, in what respects the type held good. I. IT WAS THE NOURISHMENT…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:15
Christ the bread from heaven. The manna, which is described in Exodus 16:4 as "bread from heaven," was typical of Christ, who is "the true bread from heaven"—"the bread of God which cometh down from heaven and giveth li…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:15
They said one to another, this is manna. Rather, "this is a gift." To suppose that they recognised the substance as one known to them in Egypt under the name of menu or mennu, is to make this clause contradict the next.…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:16-36
The manna-regulations for type gathering and using of it. I. THE EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF IT IS PROVIDED FOR. The responsibilities and opportunities of the family relation, which had been touched upon in the institutio…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:16
An omer for every man. According to Kalisch, the omer is about two quarts (English): but this estimate is probably in excess. Josephus makes the measure one equal to six cotyles, which would be about a quart and a half,…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:16-22
The law of the manna. God had said (Exodus 16:4) that rules would be given in connection with the manna by which the people would be proved, whether they would walk in his law, or no. One rule is given in Exodus 16:5, a…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:17
The children of Israel did so The Israelites set themselves to obey Moses, and gathered what they supposed to be about an omer; but, as a matter of course, some of them exceeded the amount, while others fell short of it…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:18
When they did mete it with an omer. On returning to their tents, with the manna which they had collected, the Israelites proceeded to measure it with their own, or a neighbour's, omer measure, when the wonderful result…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:19-36
The law of the manna. I. THERE MUST BE INDIVIDUAL EFFORT FOR INDIVIDUAL NEED. 1. The manna lay around their tents, but it had to be gathered. To feed on Christ each must lay hold of him for his own soul by meditation an…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:19
Let no man leave of it till the morning. Moses, divinely instructed, warned the people that they were not to lay up in store any of their manna to be eaten the next day. God would have them trust their future wants to h…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:20
It bred worms. This was a supernatural, not a natural result. It served as a sort of punishment of the disobedient, and effectually checked the practice of laying up in store.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:21
When the sun waxed hot it melted. The manna had to be gathered early. What had not been collected before the sun grew hot, melted away and disappeared from sight. In this respect the miraculous manna resembled both the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:22
This is that which the Lord hath said. Rather, "said," i.e; declared to me when he announced the manna. See Exodus 16:5. It has been supposed that Moses had not communicated the declaration to the elders; but this seems…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:22-30
EXPOSITION THE GATHERING OF THE SIXTH DAY. When the Israelites, having collected what seemed to them the usual quantity of manna on the sixth day, brought it home and measured it, they found the yield to be, not an omer…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:22-30
The Manna and the Sabbath. I. THE FACT OF MANNA BEING GIVEN ON SIX DAYS, AND NOT ON THE SEVENTH IS A PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE SABBATH, It would certainly seem from this passage that the Israelites had not up to thi…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:23-30
The institution of the Sabbath. That, in some sense, the Sabbath was instituted in Paradise seems to follow from Genesis 2:3. It was at any rate then set apart by Divine counsel and decree. And it is quite possible that…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:24
They laid it up. The great bulk of the Israelites obeyed Moses, and laid by a portion (half?) of the manna gathered on the sixth day. On the morning of the seventh, this was found to be perfectly good, and not to have "…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:27
There went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather. There will always be some persons in a nation, or in a Church, who will refuse to believe God's ministers, and even God himself. They persuade themselv…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:28
How long refuse ye to keep my commandments! Though Moses is addressed, it is the people who are blamed. Hence the plural verb, "refuse ye." Already there had been one act of disobedience in connection with the manna (se…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:29
See, for that, etc. Rather, "See, that." Consider that God has given you the Sabbath, or the holy rest: and therefore it is that he gives you on the sixth day the food for two days—that the rest may not be interfered wi…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:30
So the people rested. Having found by experience that nothing was to be gained by seeking manna on the sabbath, and received the severe rebuke of Exodus 16:28, the people henceforth obeyed the new commandment, and "rest…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:31
The house of Israel. This expression is unusual, and is not admitted by the Septuagint, the Syriac, or the Arabic versions, which all have "the children of Israel." Several Hebrew MSS. have bent, "sons," instead of beyt…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 16:31-36
EXPOSITION THE APPEARANCE OF THE MANNA, ITS CONTINUANCE, AND ITS DEPOSITION IN THE TABERNACLE.—In bringing the subject of the manna to a conclusion, the writer adds a few words. 1. On its appearance; 2. On its depositio…