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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:1-36

The children of Israel are moving now through the wilderness.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 fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. [So they have been actually journeying now for about forty-five days.] And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 16:1-36

Exodus 16:1. The fifteenth day of the second month; that is, Jiar, or the 30th of April. See the table, chap. 12. Exodus 16:2. Israel murmured. They wantonly said as in Psalms 78:20, Can the Lord give us bread also; can he provide flesh for his people? Exodus 16:13. The quails covered the camp. It was the time when the corn of Egypt began to ripen, and the quails flocked in great abundance. They fell for a day’s journey round the camp, and in some places two cubits thick. Exodus... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 16:13-15

Exodus 16:13-15Manna.The mannaI. Its mystic character. “What is this?” Christ was a mystery to His contemporaries. So is the Christian to his. “The world knoweth you not.”II. Its uses. To save from starvation, famine, and death. Christ is “the Bread that cometh down from heaven.”1. The manna was for all.2. The manna was for all, according to their wants--appetites. The Saviour is to us’ just what we make Him to be. All fulness dwells in Him, infinite satisfaction; but we are straitened in... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 16:15

Exo 16:15 And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. Ver. 15. It is manna, ] i.e., What shall I call? Herba Anonymus non inveniendo nomen, invenit, saith Pliny; a so manna. Others interpret manna, a portion, an admirable gift, or meat prepared. a Lib. xxvi. cap. 14. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Exodus 16:15

It is manna: or, What is this, or, It is a portion, Exodus 16:31, Exodus 16:33, Deuteronomy 8:3, Deuteronomy 8:16, Joshua 5:12, Nehemiah 9:15, Nehemiah 9:20, John 6:31, John 6:32, John 6:49, John 6:58, 1 Corinthians 10:3, Hebrews 9:4, Revelation 2:17 This is: Exodus 16:4, Numbers 21:5, Proverbs 9:5, Luke 12:30 Reciprocal: Exodus 34:29 - wist Numbers 11:7 - the manna Proverbs 30:8 - feed Matthew 4:4 - but Luke 11:3 - Give read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Exodus 16:15

And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.What is this? Manna descended from the clouds. It came down in dew melted, and yet was itself of such a consistency as to serve for nourishing strengthening food, without any thing else: It was pleasant food; the Jews say it was palatable to all, according as their tastes were. It was wholesome food, light... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 16:15

15. It is manna: for they wist not what it was More literally, They said, each to his brother, This is man, (is it not?) For they knew not what it (was) . They called it man, because it so exactly resembled the tamarisk or tarpi man with which they were familiar . They are here represented as talking to each other in a conversational, inquiring way, and the author adds, they knew not what it was; that is, they knew not what other name to give it . They used the Egyptian word... read more

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