Exo 16-17, Neh 9:12-23, Psa 78:14-28, 105:39-41 | TSK | STEP | The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread. God promises them bread and flesh from heaven, and they are rebuked. Quails and manna are sent. The ordering of manna. It was not to be found on the sabbath. An omer of it is preserved. A.M. 2513. B.C. 1491. An. Ex. Is. 1. Ijar. took. Sin.This desert was traversed by Dr. Shaw in nine hours. He was all the day diverted by varieties of lizards and vipers, which abound there.

the quails.The Hebrew {selav,} Chaldee {selaiv,} Syriac and Arabic {selwa,} is without doubt the quail: so the LXX. render it [ortygométre,] a large kind of quail. Josephus, [ortyx,] Ethopic, {ferferat,} and Vulgate, {coturnices,} quails, with which agree Philo and the Rabbins. The quail is a bird of the gallinaceous kind, somewhat less than a pigeon, but larger than a sparrow. Hasselquist describes the quail of the larger kind as very much resembling the red partridge, but not larger than the turtle dove; found in Judea as well as in the deserts of Arabia Petraæ and Egypt; and affording a most agreeable and delicate dish.

Nu 11:31-33; Ps 78:27,28; 105:40

the dew.

Nu 11:9

the dew.

Nu 11:7-9; De 8:3; Ne 9:15; Ps 78:24; 105:40

the hoar frost.

Ps 147:16

It is manna. or, What is this? or, It is a portion.

31,33; De 8:3,16; Jos 5:12; Ne 9:15,20; Joh 6:31,32,49,58

1Co 10:3; Heb 9:4; Re 2:17

This is.

4; Nu 21:5; Pr 9:5; Lu 12:30

omer.

18,33,36

for every man. Heb. by the poll, or head. persons. Heb.souls.

2Co 8:14,15

12:10; 23:18; Mt 6:34

bred worms.

Mt 6:19; Lu 12:15,33; Heb 13:5; Jas 5:2,3

and Moses.

Nu 12:3; 16:15; Mr 3:5; 10:14; Eph 4:26

Pr 6:6-11; Ec 9:10; 12:1; Mt 6:33; Joh 12:35; 2Co 6:2 What the substance called manna was, is utterly unknown, but, from the circumstances in the text, it is evident that it was not a natural production, but was miraculously sent by Jehovah. These the learned Abarbinel, a most judicious Jewish interpreter, has thus enumerated: The natural manna was never found in the desert where this fell;--where the common manna does fall, it is only in the spring time, in March and April, whereas this fell throughout all the months in the year; the ordinary manna does not melt in the sun, as this did (ver. 21);--it does not stink and breed worms, as this did, when kept till the morning (ver. 20);--it cannot be ground or beaten in a mortar, so as to make cakes, as this was;--the common manna is medicinal and purgative, and cannot be used for food and nutriment, as this was;--this fell in a double proportion on the sixth day, and not on the sabbath, as it certainly would have done had it fallen naturally;--it followed them in all their journeys, where ever they pitched their tents;--and it ceased at the very time of the year when the other falls, namely, in March, when the Israelites were come to Gilgal. Whatever this substance was, it does not appear to have been common to the wilderness. From De 8:3, 16, it is evident that the Israelites never saw it before; and from a pot of it being preserved, it is certain that nothing of the kind ever appeared again.

5,16; Le 25:12,22

rest.

20:8-11; 31:15; 35:3; Ge 2:2,3; Le 23:3; Mr 2:27,28; Lu 23:56

Re 1:10

bake.

Nu 11:8

20,33

23,29; Ne 9:14

20:9-11; De 5:13; Eze 46:1; Lu 13:14

and they found none.

Pr 20:4

10:3; Nu 14:11; 20:12; 2Ki 17:14; Ps 78:10,22; 81:13,14; 106:13

Isa 7:9,13; Jer 4:14; 9:6; Eze 5:6; 20:13,16; Mr 9:19

hath given.

31:13; Ne 9:14; Isa 58:13,14; Eze 20:12

abide ye.

Lu 23:56

Le 23:3; De 5:12-14; Heb 4:9

called the name.

15In consequence of the term manna having been given to a drug which is now much used in England, many persons have ignorantly supposed it to be the same sort of thing as that miraculously sent for the sustenance of the children of Israel in the wilderness. The manna of commerce comes from Calabria and Sicily, where it oozes out of a kind of ash tree, from the end of June to the end of July, and is a thick, clammy, sweet juice, partly drawn from the tree by the rays of the sun, partly by the puncture of insects, and partly by artificial means. The European manna is not so good as the Oriental, which is gathered in Syria, Arabia, and Persia, from the Oriental oak, and from a shrub which is called in Persia {teranjabin.}

and it was.

Nu 11:6,7; So 2:3

Ps 103:1,2; 105:5; 111:4,5; Lu 22:19; Heb 2:1

Heb 9:4

25:16,21; 27:21; 30:6,36; 31:18; 38:21; 40:20; Nu 1:50,53; 17:10

De 10:5; 1Ki 8:9

forty years.

Nu 33:38; De 8:2,3; Ne 9:15,20,21; Ps 78:24,25; Joh 6:30-58

until they come to.

Jos 5:12

the borders.

Nu 33:48-50; De 1:8; 34:1-4

16,32,33

Exodus 17

1 The people murmur for water at Rephidim.

6 God sends them for water to the rock in Horeb.

7 The place is called Massah and Meribah.

8 Amalek is overcome by Joshua, while Moses holds up his hands with the rod of God.

14 Amalek is doomed to destruction; and Moses builds the altar JEHOVAH-nissi.

Sin.

16:1; Nu 33:12-14

Rephidim.

8; 19:2

the people.

5:21; 14:11,12; 15:24; 16:2,3; Nu 11:4-6; 14:2; 20:3-5; 21:5

Give us.

Ge 30:1,2; 1Sa 8:6; Lu 15:12

wherefore.

7; 16:2; Nu 14:22; De 6:16; Ps 78:18,41,56; 95:9; 106:14; Isa 7:12

Mal 3:15; Mt 4:7; 16:1-3; Lu 4:12; Ac 5:9; 15:10; 1Co 10:9; Heb 3:9

thou hast.

16:3

cried.

14:15; 15:25; Nu 11:11

almost.

Nu 14:10; 16:19; 1Sa 30:6; Joh 8:59; 10:31; Ac 7:50; 14:19

Go on.

Eze 2:6; Ac 20:23,24

thy rod.

7:19,20; Nu 20:8-11

I will.

16:10

the rock.This rock, which is a vast block of red granite, 15 feet long, 10 broad, and 12 high, lies in the wilderness of Rephidim, to the west of Mount Horeb, a part of Sinai. There are abundant traces of this wonderful miracle remaining at this day. This rock has been visited, drawn, and described by Dr. Shaw and others; and holes and channels appear in the stone, which could only have been formed by the bursting out and running of water.

in Horeb.

3:1-5

and thou.

Nu 20:9-11; De 8:15; Ne 9:15; Ps 78:15,16,20; 105:41; 114:8

Isa 48:21; 1Co 10:4

that the people.

Ps 46:4; Isa 41:17,18; 43:19,20; Joh 4:10,14; 7:37,38; Re 22:17

Massah. i.e., Temptation.

Nu 20:13; De 9:22

Meribah. that is, Chiding or Strife.

2; Ps 81:7

chiding.

tempted.

Ps 95:8; Heb 3:8,9

Is the Lord.

34:9; De 31:17; Jos 22:31; Isa 12:6; Mic 3:11; Joh 1:14; Ac 7:37-39

Ge 36:12,16; Nu 24:20; De 25:17; 1Sa 15:2; 30:1; Ps 83:7

unto Joshua.

13; 24:13; Nu 11:28; 13:16

Oshea. Jehoshua.

De 32:44

Hoshea. Called Jesus.

Ac 7:45; Heb 4:8

Choose.

Nu 31:3,4

the rod.

4:2,20

Joshua.

Jos 11:15; Mt 28:20; Joh 2:5; 15:14

and Moses.

Hur.

12; 24:14

Ps 56:9; Lu 18:1; 1Ti 2:8; Jas 5:16

Moses' hands.

Mt 26:40-45; Mr 14:37-40; Eph 6:18; Col 4:2

stayed up his hands.

Ps 35:3; Isa 35:3; 2Co 1:11; Php 1:19; 1Th 5:25; Heb 12:12; Jas 1:6

Jos 10:28,32,37,42; 11:12

memorial.

12:14; 13:9; 34:27; De 31:9; Jos 4:7; Job 19:23; Hag 2:2,3

for I will.

Nu 24:20; De 25:17-19; 1Sa 15:2,3,7,8,18; 27:8,9; 30:1,17

2Sa 1:1,8-16; 8:12; 1Ch 4:43; Ezr 9:14

the remembrance.

Job 18:17; Ps 9:6; Pr 10:7

JEHOVAH-nissi. i.e., the Lord my banner.

Ge 22:14; 33:20; Ps 60:4

Because, etc. or, Because the hand of Amalek is against thethrone of the Lord, therefore, etc. the Lord, etc. Heb. the hand upon the throne of the Lord.

Isa 66:1; Ac 7:49

will have war.

Ps 21:8-11

Nehemiah 9:12-23

thou leddest.

19; Ex 13:21,22; 14:19,20; Ps 78:14; 105:39

in the way.

Ps 107:7; 143:8

camest.

Ex 19:11,16-20; De 33:2; Isa 64:1,3; Hab 3:3

spakest.

Ex 20:1,22; De 4:10-13,33; 5:4,22-26; Heb 12:18-26

gavest.

De 4:8; 10:12,13; Ps 19:7-11; 119:127,128; Eze 20:11-13

Ro 7:12-14,16

true laws. Heb. laws of truth.

Ps 119:160

madest.

Ge 2:3; Ex 16:29; 20:8-11; Eze 20:12,20

commandedst.

Ex 21:1-23:33; Le 27:34; De 4:5,45; 5:31

Moses.

1:8; Joh 1:17

gavest.

Ex 16:4,14,15; De 8:3,16; Ps 78:24,25; 105:40; Joh 6:31-35

1Co 10:3

broughtest.

20; Ex 17:6; Nu 20:7-11; De 8:15; Ps 77:15-20; 105:41; 114:8

1Co 10:4

go.

De 1:8; Jos 1:2-4

sworn. Heb. lift up thine hand.

Ge 14:22; Nu 14:30; Eze 20:15

dealt.

10,29; Ex 32:9; De 9:6,13,23,24,27; 32:15; Ps 78:8-72; 106:6

Isa 63:10; Jer 2:31; Ac 7:51

hardened.

De 31:27; 2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 30:8; 36:13; Ps 95:8-10; Pr 29:1; Isa 48:4

Jer 19:15; Ro 2:5; Heb 3:13,15

hearkened.

Ex 15:26; De 5:29; Ps 81:8,11-14; Isa 48:18There were two things to which the Israelites did not duly give heed, else they had not done as they did. The word of God they heard, but they gave no heed to God's commandments: and the works of God they saw, but were not mindful of his wonders. Had they really considered them as miracles, they would have obeyed from a principle of faith and holy fear: had they duly considered them as mercies, they would have obeyed from a principle of gratitude and holy love.

refused.

Nu 14:3,4,11,41; 16:14; Ps 106:24,25; Pr 1:24; Heb 12:25

mindful.

Ps 78:11,42,43; 86:5,15; 106:7,13; Mt 16:9-11; 2Pe 1:12-15

in their rebellion.Instead of {bemiryam,} "in their rebellion," seven MSS., one edition, and the LXX., have {bemitzrayim,} "in Egypt:" "appointed a captain to return to their bondage in Egypt."

appointed.

Nu 14:4; Ac 7:39

a God.

Nu 14:18,19; Ps 86:5,15; 130:4; Mic 7:18,19

ready to pardon. Heb. of pardons. gracious.

Ex 34:6,7; Ps 78:38; 103:8-18; 145:8,9; Isa 55:7-9; Joe 2:13

Ro 9:15; Eph 1:6,7

forsookest.

1Ki 6:13; 8:57; Ps 106:43-46

Ex 32:4-8,31,32; De 9:12-16; Ps 106:19-23; Eze 20:7-44

in thy.

27; 1Sa 12:22; Ps 106:7,8,45; Isa 44:21; La 3:22; Eze 20:14,22

Da 9:9,18; Mal 3:6

the pillar.

12; Ex 13:21,22; 40:38; Nu 9:15-22; 14:14; Isa 4:5,6; 1Co 10:1,2

gavest.

30; Nu 11:17,25-29; Isa 63:11-14

good.

Ps 143:10; Ro 15:30; Ga 5:22,23; Eph 5:9; 2Pe 1:21

withheldest.

Ex 16:15,35; Jos 5:12

gavest.

Ex 17:6; Ps 105:41; Isa 41:17,18; 48:21; 49:10; Joh 4:10,14

Joh 7:37-39

forty.

Ex 16:35; Nu 14:33,34; De 2:7; 8:2; Am 5:25; Ac 13:18

their.

De 8:4; 29:5; Ps 34:10

thou.

Jos 10:11; Ps 78:65; 105:44

divide.

De 32:26; Jos 11:23

Sihon.

Nu 21:21-35; De 2:26-36; 3:1-17; Ps 135:10-12; 136:17-22

multipliedst.

Ge 15:5; 22:17; 1Ch 27:23

broughtest.

Jos 1:1-3:17

which thou.

Ge 12:7; 13:15-17; 15:18; 17:8; 26:3

Psalms 78:14-28

105:39; Ex 13:21,22; 14:24; 40:35-38; Ne 9:12,19

105:41; 114:8; Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11; Isa 41:18; 43:20; Joh 7:37,38

1Co 10:4; Re 22:1,17

105:41; De 8:15; 9:21

32; 95:8-10; 106:13-32; De 9:8,12-22; Heb 3:16-19

by asking meat.

106:14,15; Ex 16:2,3; Nu 11:4; 1Co 10:6; Jas 4:2,3

Yea.

Ex 16:8-10; Nu 21:5; 2Ch 32:19; Job 34:37; Ro 9:20; Re 13:6

Can God.

Nu 11:4,13

furnish. Heb. order.

he smote.

Ex 17:6,7; Nu 20:11

can he give.

41; Ge 18:12-14; Nu 11:21-23

the Lord.

31; Nu 11:10; 1Co 10:5,11; Jude 1:5

a fire.

Nu 11:1-3; De 32:22; Heb 12:29

106:24; Isa 7:9; Heb 3:12,18,19; 11:6; 1Jo 5:10; Jude 1:5

Though.

33:9; Isa 5:6

opened.

Ge 7:11; 2Ki 7:2,19; Mal 3:10

had rained.

68:9; 105:40; Ex 16:4,14; De 8:3; Ne 9:15,20; Joh 6:31-71; 1Co 10:3

the corn of heaven.The manna fell about their camp in the form of seeds; and as it appeared to come down from the clouds, it was not improperly termed {degan shamayim,} the corn of heaven or heavenly grain. See notes on Ex 16:22, 31.

Man, etc.Or, Every one did eat the bread of the mighty. {Lechem abbeerim,} "bread of the mighty:"--they ate such food as could only be expected at the tables of the rich and great;--the best, the most delicate food. Or, it might be so called because it rendered the people healthy and vigorous, and fit for their marches.

103:20

he sent.

Ex 16:8; Mt 14:20; 15:37

He caused.

135:7; Nu 11:31

blow. Heb. go.

He rained.

Ex 16:12,13; Nu 11:18,19,32

feathered fowls. Heb. fowl of wing.