Exodus 16:27-36

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 16:27

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:29

See, for that the Lord hath given you the sabbath ,.... These are either the words of Jehovah, the Angel of the Lord, out of the cloud continued; or the words of Moses to the children of Israel, upon what the Lord had said to him, and would have them observe and take notice, that whereas the Lord had given them a sabbath, or enjoined them a day of rest: therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; wherefore they had no occasion to go out in search of manna, as well as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:30

So the people rested on the seventh day. Did not attempt to go out of their tents in quest of manna, as on other days, and observed it as a day of rest from labour, and so they continued to do in successive generations. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 16:31

And the house of Israel called the name thereof manna ,.... For till now they had given it no name; which shows that the words are not to be read as we render them in Exodus 16:15 it is manna, unless this is to be considered as a confirmation of that name; but rather as an interrogation, "what is it?" though, from thence, "man" being the first word they made use of on sight of it, might so call it; or as others, from its being now an appointed, prepared, portion and gift, which they every... 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

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