Êxodo 16:2-5 NVT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 16:1-12

The host of Israel, it seems, took along with them out of Egypt, when they came thence on the fifteenth day of the first month, a month's provisions, which, by the fifteenth day of the second month, was all spent; and here we have, I. Their discontent and murmuring upon that occasion, Exod. 16:2, 3. The whole congregation, the greatest part of them, joined in this mutiny; it was not immediately against God that they murmured, but (which was equivalent) against Moses and Aaron, God's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:2

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured ,.... For want of bread; for the Targum of Jonathan says, that day the dough ceased they brought of Egypt, on which, and the unleavened cakes they had lived thirty days; and for a longer space of time it was not sufficient, as Josephus F7 Antiqu. l. 2. c. 15. sect. 1. and other Jewish writers F8 Seder Olam Rabba, c. 5. p. 17. observe; and now it was all spent, and they were in the utmost distress for bread, and fall a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:3

And the children of Israel said unto them ,.... They not only inwardly murmured, and privately complained among themselves, but they spoke out their complaints, and that in a very extravagant manner: would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt ; by one of the plagues, or some such like plague as were inflicted on the Egyptians, which killed many of them, and particularly the hailstorm and plague on the firstborn; suggesting that death, even by the hand of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:4

Then said the Lord unto Moses ,.... Who no doubt had been praying to him, as was his usual manner, when the people were in distress and complained, and was heard and answered by him: behold: I will rain bread from heaven for you ; though they were a murmuring, rebellious, and ungrateful people, the Lord dealt kindly and bountifully with them; he did not rain fire and brimstone upon them, as on Sodom and Gomorrah, nor snares and an horrible tempest, as on the wicked; but what was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:5

And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day ,.... Of the week, and from the raining of the bread, which was on the first day of the week: they shall prepare that which they bring in ; the Targum of Jonathan adds, to eat on the sabbath day; what they did not consume on the sixth day was to be prepared and reserved for the seventh day; that is, it was to be baked or boiled as they thought fit to have it, or eat it as it was, which they pleased, see Exodus 16:23 only one part of it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:2

The whole congregation - murmured - This is an additional proof of the degraded state of the minds of this people; See Clarke's note on Exodus 13:17 . And this very circumstance affords a convincing argument that a people so stupidly carnal could not have been induced to leave Egypt had they not been persuaded so to do by the most evident and striking miracles. Human nature can never be reduced to a more abject state in this world than that in which the body is enthralled by political... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:3

The flesh pots - As the Hebrews were in a state of slavery in Egypt, they were doubtless fed in various companies by their task masters in particular places, where large pots or boilers were fixed for the purpose of cooking their victuals. To these there may be a reference in this place, and the whole speech only goes to prove that they preferred their bondage in Egypt to their present state in the wilderness; for they could not have been in a state of absolute want, as they had brought an... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:4

I will rain bread - Therefore this substance was not a production of the desert: nor was the dew that was the instrument of producing it common there, else they must have had this bread for a month before. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:2

Verse 2 2.And the whole congregation. Moses says not that some of the people only murmured, but that they were all gathered into mobs as in a conspiracy, or, at any rate, as they were arranged by hundreds and thousands, that they murmured with one consent. Yet the universal term admits of exception; nor need we suppose that all to a man were comprehended in this impious rebellion. The best remedy for their hunger would have been to pray to God, whom they had found to be in all respects a... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:4

Verse 4 4.Then said the Lord unto Moses. It is probable that Moses passes over much in silence, because it is not consistent that the insolence of the people was left without even a single word of chastisement. For, although God in His extraordinary kindness gave food to these depraved and wicked men, who were unworthy of the sunlight and the common air, still He was without doubt unwilling to foster their sin by His silence, and, whilst He pardoned their ingratitude, sharply reproved their... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 16:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:4

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