Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 16:5
Prepare; lay up, grind, bake, or seethe. See Exodus 16:23. and Numbers 11:8. read more
Prepare; lay up, grind, bake, or seethe. See Exodus 16:23. and Numbers 11:8. read more
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 evidently premature to take the Heb. מן as a proper name in this place, although afterwards it became that. Our choice lies probably between the two renderings given in the margin of the authorised version. “What is this?” or, “This is a portion.” Kalisch and Young decide for the former; Davies adopts the latter.... read more
The children of Israel are moving now through the wilderness.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 the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. [So they have been actually journeying now for about forty-five days.] And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children... read more
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 the Lord give us bread also; can he provide flesh for his people? Exodus 16:13. The quails covered the camp. It was the time when the corn of Egypt began to ripen, and the quails flocked in great abundance. They fell for a day’s journey round the camp, and in some places two cubits thick. Exodus... read more
Exodus 16:1-12The wilderness of Sin.Moses in the wilderness of SinPeople may be strong and hopeful at the beginning of a project, and most effusively and devoutly thankful at its close, but the difficulty is to go manfully through the process.I. Processes try men’s temper. See how the temper of Israel was tried in the wilderness! No bread, no water, no rest! How do processes try men’s temper?1. They are often tedious.2. They, are often uncontrollable.3. They often seem to be made worse by the... read more
Exo 16:5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare [that] which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. Ver. 5. On the sixth dug they shall prepare. ] The Jews’ preparation for the Sabbath began at three o’clock in the afternoon. The best and wealthiest of them, even those that had many servants, did with their own hands further the preparation. So that sometimes the masters themselves would chop herbs, sweep the house, cleave wood, kindle... read more
prepare: Exodus 16:23, Exodus 35:2, Exodus 35:3, Leviticus 25:21, Leviticus 25:22 Reciprocal: Exodus 12:16 - no manner Exodus 16:22 - General read more
And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.They shall prepare — Lay up, grind, bake or boil. read more
THE PROMISE OF MANNA AND QUAILS, Exodus 16:4-12. 4, 5. Bread from heaven A miraculous provision . See Introduction, (2 . ) Without a miracle this great host of two millions could never have subsisted in the desert for forty years . Yet they were not entirely dependent upon the manna . They got milk from their flocks and herds, probably traded the products of their cattle with the desert tribes, and perhaps, in this forty years’ sojourn, some halted long enough in some of the fertile... read more
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:1-36
XVI. Manna and Quails ( Exodus 16:1-Leviticus : P, Exodus 16:4 a(b) – Exodus 16:5 J, ( Exodus 16:6 f., Exodus 16:8) Rp, Exodus 16:9-1 Chronicles : a (“ morning” ) P, Exodus 16:13 b – Exodus 16:15 J, Exodus 16:16-Job : P, Exodus 16:19 f. Exodus 16:1 J, Exodus 16:22-Ezekiel :, Exodus 16:27-Amos :, Exodus 16:31 b J, Exodus 16:31 a and Exodus 16:32 P, Exodus 16:33 f. P, Exodus 16:35 ac P, Exodus 16:35 b J, Exodus 16:36 Rp).— Food and drink in the desert reassert their primitive primacy among the... read more