“ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, ”
XVI. Manna and Quails ( Exodus 16:1-3 P, Exodus 16:4 a(b) - Exodus 16:5 J, ( Exodus 16:6 f., Exodus 16:8 ) Rp, Exodus 16:9-13 a (morning) P, Exodus 16:13 b - Exodus 16:15 J, Exodus 16...
the LORD spake . See note on Exodus 6:10 , and compare note on Exodus 3:7 .
11. And the Lord spoke (174) unto Moses Moses here shows that he had done nothing without God’s command, but had faithfully and modestly discharged the office of a minister. And, surely,...
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
Murmuring for Food Rebuked Exodus 16:1-12 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 b...
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...
There are two sweet and precious points intimated in these words; the one is, that God undertakes to supply all the wants of his people. Their eyes are to be taken off from Moses, and to be directed...
And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... Out of the bright and glorious cloud: saying ; as follows:
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ver. 11. And the Lord spake, ] i.e., He had before spoken.
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...
The Israelites Murmur for Bread. B. C. 1491. 1 And they took their journey from Elim, an...
The Lord spake, or, had spoken , to wit, before, by comparing this with Exodus 16:7 .
Chapter 16 God Provides Manna and Quails for His People - The Sign of the Seventh Day ( Exodus 16:2-36 ). In this chapter God provides both meat and ‘bread' for His people. The passage continues t...
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 evide...
Exodus 16:1-2 . 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 t...
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 t...
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...
EXPOSITION THE PROMISE FULFILLED . Moses had made a double promise to the Israelites in God's name. "The Lord shall give you," he had said," in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning...