“ And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. ”
Some more, some less - It is evidently implied that the people were in part at least disobedient and failed in this first trial.
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...
17. And the children of Israel did so. I do not think that the obedience of the people is here greatly praised; since soon afterwards Moses adds that some, not contented with their due allow...
DISCOURSE: 87 SCRIPTURAL EQUALITY Exodus 16:16-18 . This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded: Gather of it every man according to his eating; an omer for every man according to the number...
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Some more, some less - According to their respective families, an omer for a man; and according to the number of infirm persons...
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
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...
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...
The apostle is the best commentator on this, 2 Corinthians 8:15 . Probably they gathered in families, or households; and so each had his proportion after. But is there not a sweet spiritual sense he...
And the children of Israel did so ,.... They went out of the camp in the morning when it was fallen, and gathered it; which is expressive of believers going out of the camp, leaving the world, and a...
And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Ver. 17. Some more, some less. ] Secundum proportionem arithmeticam, sed non secundum propertionem geometricam. As a man ha...
Some more, some less According as their families were more or less numerous; or as the gatherers were more or less strong and active in gathering it.
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...
Manna Rained from Heaven. B. C. 1491. 13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails...
Either, 1. According as their families were more or less numerous. Or rather, 2. As the gatherers were more or less strong and active in gathering it.
The Gathering of the Manna and the Establishing of the Sabbath ( Exodus 16:16-36 ). Instructions are given with regard to the gathering of the manna and with regard to the Sabbath which is seeming...
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...
Gather of it every man according to his eating. Spiritual assimilation Why did each receive but three quarts a day? Might not a nutritious and delicious food like this be stored, and become an...
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...