Exodus 16:32-35 NIV

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 16:32

And Moses said ,.... At another time, though it is here inserted to give the account of the mamma all together: this is the thing which the Lord commandeth ; namely, what follows: fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations ; which was the quantity allowed a man every day; this measure was to be laid up, and reserved for posterity in future generations, not to eat, nor so much as taste of, for then it would soon have been gone, but to look at, as follows: that they may see... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:33

And Moses said unto Aaron, take a pot ,.... The Targum of Jonathan calls it an earthen pot; and so Jarchi; which, if it could be supported, might be considered as an emblem of the ministers of the word, in whom, as in earthen vessels, the Gospel of Christ is put: Aben Ezra says, it was a vessel either of earth or brass, which latter is more likely for duration; since an earthen vessel can hardly be supposed to continue so long as this did, and much less a glass pot, as others take it to be:... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:34

As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the testimony, to be kept. That is, before the ark of the testimony; when that was made, as it was in a little time after this, called the testimony, because it contained in it the law, which was a testimony or testification of the mind and will of God unto Israel, see Exodus 25:16 the apostle says, the pot of manna was in the ark, Hebrews 9:4 that is, on one side of it; see Gill on Hebrews 9:4 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:35

And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years ,.... Wanting thirty days, as Jarchi observes; reckoning from their coming out of Egypt, and the passover they kept there, to their coming to the borders of the land of Canaan to Gilgal, and keeping the passover there, when the manna ceased, were just forty years; but then they had been out of Egypt a month before the manna fell; but the round number is given, as is common: it was on the sixteenth of Ijar, the second month, the manna fell;... read more

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:35

The children of Israel did eat manna forty years - From this verse it has been supposed that the book of Exodus was not written till after the miracle of the manna had ceased. But these words might have been added by Ezra, who under the direction of the Divine Spirit collected and digested the different inspired books, adding such supplementary, explanatory, and connecting sentences, as were deemed proper to complete and arrange the whole of the sacred canon. For previously to his time,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:32

Verse 32 32.And Moses said. Moses does not proceed with the history in order, but by interposing these circumstances by anticipation, he the more confirms the fact that this food was then created for the people by God’s special bounty, because He desired an omer of it to be preserved as a memorial, which, undergoing no putrefaction, handed down to posterity the gloriousness of the miracle. And first, he propounds generally God’s command, and then, in the next verse, describes the manner in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 16:1-36

The manna of the body-A homily on providence. "They said one to another, what is this? (marg.) for they wist not what it was" ( Exodus 16:15 ). Introduction:—Trace the journey from Elim to the sea ( Numbers 33:10 ); and thence to the wilderness of Sin; and give a thoroughly good exegetical exposition of the facts of the manna story. It would be well also to show the supernatural character of the manna; and, at the same time, that the manna supernatural was not unlike (and yet unlike... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:35

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:35

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 16:1-36

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