Exodus 16:1-36 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:7

And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the Lord ,.... Either as displayed in this wonderful affair, raining bread about their tents, which was in the morning, or else as it appeared in the cloud, Exodus 16:7 the latter sense seems to be confirmed by what follows: for that he; the glory of the Lord, the glorious Shechinah of Jehovah, the Angel that went before them in the cloud, the eternal Word and Son of God: heareth your murmurings against the Lord; against Jehovah his... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:8

And Moses said, this shall be ,.... Which supplement may be left out: when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat ; cause the quails to come up, and fall about their tents: and in the morning bread to the full ; by raining it from heaven all around them: for that , or rather "then" F11 בשמע "testabitur se audisse", Tigurine version. : the Lord heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him ; it will then appear that he has heard them, and taken... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:9

And Moses spake unto Aaron ,.... Who was his prophet and spokesman to the people: say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel ; to the heads of them, to as many as could conveniently hear him, and were to report what he said to the rest: come near before the Lord ; who was in the pillar of cloud, which from the first appearance of it never removed from them, nor the Lord from that; though some have thought, that before the tabernacle was built, there was some small tent... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:10

And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel ,.... Before he had well done speaking: that they looked toward the wilderness ; they were already in the wilderness of Sin, and they looked straight forward toward that part of it which was yet before them, or to the wilderness of Sinai, which was right onward, and whither they were travelling: and, behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud ; which went before them; there was a more... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:11

And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... Out of the bright and glorious cloud: saying ; as follows: read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:12

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel ,.... This Moses and Aaron had often affirmed, and now the Lord confirms what they had said, and lets them know that he took notice of their murmurings, and disapproved of them, and was displeased with them; though he did not think fit to resent them in an angry way, but dealt kindly and graciously with them; and since he had brought them into a wilderness, which was his own act, he would take care of them, and provide for them; which... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:13

And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up ,.... From the coasts of Egypt, from the Red sea, over which they flew; and being evening, and weary with flying so long, lighted and settled where the Israelites encamped. Josephus F12 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 1. sect. 5. says, about the Arabian gulf there are more of this sort of birds than any other, which flying over the sea, and being weary, and coming nearer the ground than other birds, and lighting among the Hebrews, they took them... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:14

And when the dew that lay was gone up ,.... Exhaled by the sun upon the rising of it: behold, upon the face of the wilderness ; upon the surface of it, all around the camp of Israel: there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground ; which is what is in the next verse called "manna". Before the sun rose there was nothing but a dew to be seen; when that was gone off through the force of the sun, then the manna appeared; which was but a "small thing", and very... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:15

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 bread to the full, they were up early to look after it: they said one to another, it is manna ; not such as is known by that name now, which is only used in medicine; nor anything that was then known by any such name; but so they called it, because it was, as Jarchi says, a preparation of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:16

This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded ,.... Respecting the gathering of it, the rule or rules he would have observed concerning that, as follows: gather of it every man according to his eating ; according to his appetite, and according to the appetites of those that were in his family, as much as they can all eat; and that they may have enough, the particular quantity is fixed for each of them. This act of gathering, in the mystical sense, may respect the exercise of faith on... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:16

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