Exodus 16:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. ”

Exodus 16:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is manna - “ Man” or “man-hut,” i. e. white manna, was the name under which the substance was known to the Egyptians, and therefore to the Israelites. The manna of the Peninsula of Sinai is the...
Exodus 16:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] (f) manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to...
Exodus 16:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Exodus 16:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

"It is manna". Hebrew. man-hu. " What is that? for they knew not what 'that' was". See on Exodus 16:31 . wist . knew. From Anglo-Saxon, witan, to know. it . that. This . that.
Exodus 16:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. And when the children of Israel saw. The Israelites manifested some appearance of gratitude in calling the food given them from heaven, Man, (178) which name means “something prepared...
Exodus 16:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when the children of Israel saw it , they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was . And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat....
Exodus 16:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They said one to another, It is manna, &c.— There is a seeming contradiction in our version: we read, They said, it is manna; and yet, in the next clause, it is added, for they wist not what...
Exodus 16:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat....
Exodus 16:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Exodus 16:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

It is manna. — This is certainly a wrong translation. The words of the original, man hu, must either be rendered, as in the LXX. And the Vulg., “What is this ?” Or, as by Kimchi, Knobel, Gesenius...
Exodus 16:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Manna in the Wilderness Exodus 16:13-26 The manna was typical of Christ. See John 6:31-34 . He came down from heaven to bring God's life within the reach of man. It is not enough that God...
Exodus 16:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Exodus 16:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Manna, or as it is, Man-hu; that is, what is it? A nameless, great mercy: sweet and pleasant to the taste, and probably from its qualities medicinal also. Under how many and various ways was it recom...
Exodus 16:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

BREAD FROM HEAVEN ‘The bread which the Lord hath given.’ Exodus 16:15 Six weeks of the desert, part of which was spent beside the wells and under the palm-trees of Elim, were enough to sicke...
Exodus 16:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when the children of Israel saw it ,.... As they could not but observe it, it being spread over the face of the wilderness; and besides, as they were told, that in the morning they should have b...
Exodus 16:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat....
Exodus 16:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They said one to another, It is manna The original words, מן הוא, man hu , should certainly have been rendered here, as they literally mean, what is it? or what is this? for it is plain, from...
Exodus 16:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Exodus 16:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Manna Rained from Heaven. B. C. 1491. 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails...
Exodus 16:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

It is manna; or, What is this ? which best suits with the following reason, for they wist not what it was. Man signifies what in the Egyptian tongue; and it is not strange that the Israelites u...
Exodus 16:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Exodus 16:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 16:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

manna ( See Scofield) - ( Exodus 16:35 ).
Exodus 16:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 16:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Exodus 16:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Manna. The manna I. Its mystic character. “What is this?” Christ was a mystery to His contemporaries. So is the Christian to his. “The world knoweth you not.” II. Its uses. To save from star...
Exodus 16:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Exodus 16:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

it is manna or what is this? or it is a portion Exodus 16:31 Exodus 16:33 Deuteronomy 8:3 Deuteronomy 8:16 Joshua 5:12 Nehemiah 9:15 Nehemiah 9:20 John 6:31 John 6:32 John 6:49 J...
Exodus 16:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

What is this? Manna descended from the clouds. It came down in dew melted, and yet was itself of such a consistency as to serve for nourishing strengthening food, without any thing else: It was ple...

Exodus 16:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Exodus 16:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Exodus 16:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Exodus 16:15 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 16:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Exodus 16:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 16:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 16:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exodus 16:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Exodus 16:15 - Scofield Reference Notes

Exodus 16:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 16:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 16:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Exodus 16:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 16:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 16:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes