Exodus 16:8-36 NIV

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:17

Some more, some less - According to their respective families, an omer for a man; and according to the number of infirm persons whose wants they undertook to supply. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:18

He that gathered much had nothing over - Because his gathering was in proportion to the number of persons for whom he had to provide. And some having fewer, others more in family, and the gathering being in proportion to the persons who were to eat of it, therefore he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack. Probably every man gathered as much as he could; and then when brought home and measured by an omer, if he had a surplus, it went to supply the wants... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:19

Let no man leave of it till the morning - For God would have them to take no thought for the morrow, and constantly to depend on him for their dally bread. And is not that petition in our Lord's prayer founded on this very circumstance, Give us day by day our daily bread? read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:20

It bred worms - Their sinful curiosity and covetousness led them to make the trial; and they had a mass of the most loathsome putrefaction for their pains. How gracious is God! He is continually rendering disobedience and sin irksome to the transgressor; that finding his evil ways to be unprofitable, he may return to his Maker, and trust in God alone. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:22

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much - This they did that they might have a provision for the Sabbath, for on that day no manna fell, Exodus 16:26 , Exodus 16:27 . What a convincing miracle was this! No manna fell on the Sabbath! Had it been a natural production it would have fallen on the Sabbath as at other times; and had there not been a supernatural influence to keep it sweet and pure, it would have been corrupted on the Sabbath as well as on other days. By this series of... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:23

To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath - There is nothing either in the text or context that seems to intimate that the Sabbath was now first given to the Israelites, as some have supposed: on the contrary, it is here spoken of as being perfectly well known, from its having been generally observed. The commandment, it is true, may be considered as being now renewed; because they might have supposed that in their unsettled state in the wilderness they might have been exempted from the... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:29

Abide ye every man in his place - Neither go out to seek manna nor for any other purpose; rest at home and devote your time to religious exercises. Several of the Jews understood by place in the text, the camp, and have generally supposed that no man should go out of the place, i.e., the city, town, or village in which he resides, any farther than one thousand cubits, about an English mile, which also is called a Sabbath day's journey, Acts 1:12 ; and so many cubits they consider the space... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:31

Called the name thereof Manna - See Clarke's note on Exodus 16:15 . read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:32

To be kept for your generations - See Clarke's note on Exodus 16:9 . read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:34

Laid it up before the testimony - The עדות eduth or testimony belonged properly to the tabernacle, but that was not yet built. Some are of opinion that the tabernacle, built under the direction of Moses, was only a renewal of one that had existed in the patriarchal times. See Clarke's note on Exodus 16:9 . The word signifies reference to something beyond itself; thus the tabernacle, the manna, the tables of stone, Aaron's rod, etc., all bore reference and testimony to that spiritual... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:23

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:31

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:32

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:34

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