Exodus 16:11-27, Matthew 6:11 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:11

And the Lord spake unto Moses ,.... Out of the bright and glorious cloud: saying ; as follows: read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:12

I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel ,.... This Moses and Aaron had often affirmed, and now the Lord confirms what they had said, and lets them know that he took notice of their murmurings, and disapproved of them, and was displeased with them; though he did not think fit to resent them in an angry way, but dealt kindly and graciously with them; and since he had brought them into a wilderness, which was his own act, he would take care of them, and provide for them; which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:13

And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up ,.... From the coasts of Egypt, from the Red sea, over which they flew; and being evening, and weary with flying so long, lighted and settled where the Israelites encamped. Josephus F12 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 1. sect. 5. says, about the Arabian gulf there are more of this sort of birds than any other, which flying over the sea, and being weary, and coming nearer the ground than other birds, and lighting among the Hebrews, they took them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:14

And when the dew that lay was gone up ,.... Exhaled by the sun upon the rising of it: behold, upon the face of the wilderness ; upon the surface of it, all around the camp of Israel: there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground ; which is what is in the next verse called "manna". Before the sun rose there was nothing but a dew to be seen; when that was gone off through the force of the sun, then the manna appeared; which was but a "small thing", and very... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:15

And when the children of Israel saw it ,.... As they could not but observe it, it being spread over the face of the wilderness; and besides, as they were told, that in the morning they should have bread to the full, they were up early to look after it: they said one to another, it is manna ; not such as is known by that name now, which is only used in medicine; nor anything that was then known by any such name; but so they called it, because it was, as Jarchi says, a preparation of... read more

John Gill

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

This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded ,.... Respecting the gathering of it, the rule or rules he would have observed concerning that, as follows: gather of it every man according to his eating ; according to his appetite, and according to the appetites of those that were in his family, as much as they can all eat; and that they may have enough, the particular quantity is fixed for each of them. This act of gathering, in the mystical sense, may respect the exercise of faith on... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:17

And the children of Israel did so ,.... They went out of the camp in the morning when it was fallen, and gathered it; which is expressive of believers going out of the camp, leaving the world, and all behind them for Christ; and of their going out of themselves to him, and of their going in and out, and finding pasture and food for their souls in him to live upon: and gathered some more, some less; some that were more robust and strong, that were more active and diligent, gathered in more... read more

Exodus 16:11-27, Matthew 6:11 Niv

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:15

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:17

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