Exodus 16:1-36 NIV

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 16:13-21

Now they begin to be provided for by the immediate hand of God. I. He makes them a feast, at night, of delicate fowl, feathered fowl (Ps. 78:27), therefore not locusts, as some think; quails, or pheasants, or some wild fowl, came up, and covered the camp, so tame that they might take up as many of them as they pleased. Note, God gives us of the good things of this life, not only for necessity, but for delight, that we may not only serve him, but serve him cheerfully. II. Next morning he rained... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 16:22-31

We have here, 1. A plain intimation of the observing of a seventh day sabbath, not only before the giving of the law upon Mount Sinai, but before the bringing of Israel out of Egypt, and therefore, from the beginning, Gen. 2:3. If the sabbath had now been first instituted, how could Moses have understood what God said to him (Exod. 16:5), concerning a double portion to be gathered on the sixth day, without making any express mention of the sabbath? And how could the people so readily take the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 16:32-36

God having provided manna to be his people's food in the wilderness, and to be to them a continual feast, we are here told, 1. How the memory of it was preserved. An omer of this manna was laid up in a golden pot, as we are told (Heb. 9:4), and kept before the testimony, or the ark, when it was afterwards made, Exod. 16:32-34. The preservation of this manna from waste and corruption was a standing miracle, and therefore the more proper memorial of this miraculous food. ?Posterity shall see the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:1

And they took their journey from Elim ,.... And came again to the Red sea, as appears from Numbers 33:10 perhaps to some bay or creek of it, which ran up from it, and lay in their way, and where for a short time they encamped to look at it, and recollect what had been done for them in bringing them through it; but as their stay here was short, and nothing of any importance or consequence happened, it is here omitted, and their next station is only observed: and all the congregation of... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:6

And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel ,.... That is, Aaron spoke in the name of Moses to them, he being his spokesman, appointed of God to speak for him, and both spoke to them as from the Lord: at even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt : that they were brought out they knew, but they make this to be an act and deed of Moses and Aaron, Exodus 16:3 whereas it was the work of the Lord; and at evening they should have a fresh... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 16:13-21

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 16:22-31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 16:32-36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:1

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:6

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