Exodus 16:21-30

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 16:21

And they gathered it every morning ,.... From the time the morning began, during four hours, or to the fourth hour, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, till ten o'clock in the morning: this was a very wonderful thing that bread should be provided and rained every morning about the camp of Israel, in such plenty as to be sufficient to feed such a vast body of people; and that for forty years together: every man according to his eating ; according to the number of persons he had in his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:22

And it came to pass, that on the sixth day ,.... Of the week, or from the first raining of the manna, which was the same: they gathered twice as much bread ; as they had used to do on other days, a greater quantity falling, and which was more easily taken up: two omers for one man ; or, "instead of one" F20 לאחד "pro uno", Tigurine version. of one omer; so it turned out when they came to measure what they had gathered; otherwise they had no intention in gathering it, but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:23

And he said unto them, this is that which the Lord hath said ,.... Which he had said to Moses privately, for as yet he had said it to none else: tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord ; according to Jarchi, the rulers asked Moses what this day was, different from other days, that double the quantity should be gathered? from whence, he says, we learn, that Moses had not as yet declared the sabbath to them; and this is indeed the first time we read of one; and though, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:24

And they laid it up until the morning, as Moses bade ,.... What was left of two omers a man, what they had neither baked nor boiled: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein , which was the case, when it was left or laid up on other days; and it showed that there was an interposition of divine Providence in the keeping of it to this day, and clearly confirmed it to be the will of God that this day should henceforward be to them the rest of the holy sabbath. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:25

And Moses said, eat that today ,.... That is, he said this on the seventh day in the morning, and bid them eat of it whether baked or seethed, or as it was, or just as they pleased; however, they had liberty to eat of it, and indeed they had no other, because none fell on this day: for today is a sabbath unto the Lord ; a time of rest from labour, and to be employed in the service of the Lord: today ye shall not find it in the field : should they seek for it, which they had no... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:26

Six days ye shall gather it ,.... Day after day, every morning, as they had done the six days past, so they should during their stay in the wilderness: but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath ; which is repeated, being a new thing, to impress it on their minds: in it there shall be none: no manna; none shall fall, and so none can be gathered, and therefore it would be to no purpose to go out and seek for it; as also there would be no need of it, since they would always have a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:27

And it came to pass ,.... Perhaps the next seventh day following: that there went out some of the people for to gather ; to gather manna, as on other days; which they did not through want of provision or a greedy appetite, for they had bread every day, and on that day to the full, but to gratify their curiosity, or to see whether the words of Moses stood, as Aben Ezra expresses it, that is, whether what he said was true, or came to pass, that there should be none, and they should not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:28

And the Lord said unto Moses ,.... Who had seen and taken notice of what those men had done, who went out into the field to seek for manna on the seventh day, and was displeased with it, and therefore spoke to Moses out of the cloud: how long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws ? this is not said merely with respect to their breach of the commandment of the sabbath, as if they had long refused to observe and keep that; whereas that was but one command, and but just given; but... read more

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