Exodus 16:8-13 NIV

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:13

Quails. All the Oriental languages express these birds by solaem, though some have asserted, that pheasants or locusts are here meant. Josephus (Antiquities iii. 1) informs us, that great flocks of quails are found about the gulf of Arabia. They return to Europe from the warmer regions, about the beginning of May, at which time God directed the course of vast multitudes to the camp of Israel. Hesychius says, the chennion, a smaller species of quails, was salted and dried, as the Hebrews did... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:1-12

1-12 The provisions of Israel, brought from Egypt, were spent by the middle of the second month, and they murmured. It is no new thing for the greatest kindness to be basely represented as the greatest injuries. They so far undervalue their deliverance, that they wished they had died in Egypt; and by the hand of the Lord, that is, by the plagues which cut off the Egyptians. We cannot suppose they had plenty in Egypt, nor could they fear dying for want in the wilderness, while they had flocks... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:13-21

13-21 At evening the quails came up, and the people caught with ease as many as they needed. The manna came down in dew. They called it "Manna, Manhu," which means, "What is this?" "It is a portion; it is that which our God has allotted us, and we will take it, and be thankful." It was pleasant food; it was wholesome food. The manna was rained from heaven; it appeared, when the dew was gone, as a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost, like coriander seed, in colour like pearls. The... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Exodus 16:1-16

Exo_16:1 Exo_17:16 . Though a pleasant and refreshing spot, Elim was not the permanent resting place to which Israel had been called. So it had to be left behind just one month after they had come out of Egypt, since it was on the fourteenth day of the first month that the passover lamb was slain. Immediately they entered the wilderness of Sin the murmurings of the people broke out afresh. Not water but food was now the urgent necessity. By this time doubtless all that they could have brought... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 16:1-8

The Murmuring about the Food v. 1. 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 eastern shore of the Gulf of Suez, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. v. 2. And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. Their dissatisfied complaint was directed against both leaders,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 16:1-36

FIFTH SECTIONThe journey through the wilderness to Sinai. Want of water. Marah. Elim. The Wilderness of Sin. Quails. Manna. Rephidim (Massah and Meribah). The Amalekites. Jethro and his advice, a human prelude of the divine legislationExodus 15:22 to Exodus 18:27The stations as far as Sinai1. MarahExodus 15:22-2622So [And] Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. 23And when they came to... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Exodus 16:4-12

Exodus THE BREAD OF GOD Exo_16:4 - - Exo_16:12 . Unbelief has a short memory. The Red Sea is forgotten in a month. The Israelites could strike their timbrels and sing their lyric of praise, but they could not believe that to-day’s hunger could be satisfied. Discontent has a slippery memory. They wish to get back to the flesh-pots, of which the savour is in their nostrils, and they have forgotten the bitter sauce of affliction. When they were in Egypt, they shrieked about their oppression,... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 16:1-12

Murmuring for Food Rebuked Exodus 16:1-12 Moses made a double promise to the Israelites in God’s name. In the evening they were to have flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full. But before these gifts could be received, notice must be taken of their conduct toward the two brothers, whose authority had been impugned by the events of the morning. Hence the appearance of the divine glory in the cloud, Exodus 16:10 . After this a vast flight of quails, a migratory bird which often... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 16:13-26

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 has made so rich and plentiful a provision for us; we must appropriate it by our daily prayer and faith. Our Lord calls Himself “the bread of life,” not only to teach us what He is in himself in relation to our soul-need, but to remind us that He must be inwardly appropriated, fed upon, and made part of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 16:1-36

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 manifested itself a craving for the material which for the moment rendered them unconscious of the value of the spiritual. They plainly declared that bondage with flesh was preferable to liberty with hunger. Very arresting is the attitude and activity of Jehovah toward them. Without rebuke He gave... read more

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:13

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:1-12

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:13-21

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Exodus 16:1-16

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 16:1-8

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 16:1-36

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - Exodus 16:4-12

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 16:1-12

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 16:13-26

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 16:1-36

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