Exodus 16:17

Some more, some less - It is evidently implied that the people were in part at least disobedient and failed in this first trial.

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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)...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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 f...
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 w...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 believe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Ver. 17. Some more, some less. ] Secundum proportionem arithmeticam, sed n...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Manna Rained from Heaven. B. C. 1491. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 man...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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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...
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 murmure...
The Biblical Illustrator

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...
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,...

¹⁷ And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

Related Commentaries of Exodus 16:17

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Exodus 16:17