Exo 16:22-30, 20:8-11, 23:12, 31:13-17, 34:21, 35:2-3, Lev 23:3, 25:2-3 | TSK | STEP | 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.

Exodus 16:22-30

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

Exodus 20:8-11

16:23-30; 31:13,14; Ge 2:3; Le 19:3; 23:3; Isa 56:4-6

23:12; Lu 13:14

the seventh.

31:13; 34:21

thou shalt.

16:27,28; Nu 15:32-36; Lu 23:56

thy manservant.

De 5:14,15

thy stranger.

23:9-12; De 16:11,12; 24:14-22; Ne 10:31; 13:15-21

31:17; Ge 2:2,3; Ps 95:4-7; Mr 2:27,28; Ac 20:7

Exodus 23:12

Six days.

20:8-11; 31:15,16; Lu 13:14

and the son.

De 5:13-15; Isa 58:3

Exodus 31:13-17

Verily.

20:8-11; Le 19:3,30; 23:3; 25:2; 26:2

a sign.

17; Ne 9:14; Eze 20:12,20; 44:24

that ye may.

Le 20:8; 21:8; Eze 37:28; Joh 17:17,19; 1Th 5:23; Jude 1:1

keep.

20:8; De 5:12-15; Ne 9:14; Isa 56:2-6; 58:13,14; Eze 20:12; 44:24

everyone.

Isa 56:2,6; Eze 20:13,16,21,24

doeth.

35:2,3; Nu 15:35

Six days.

17; 16:26; 20:9; 34:21; Le 23:3; Eze 46:1; Lu 13:14

the sabbath.

16:23; 20:10; Ge 2:2; Le 23:3,32; Lu 23:56; Heb 4:9; *Gr:

holy. Heb. holiness. whosoever.

Nu 15:32-36; Jer 17:24-27

a perpetual covenant.

Ge 9:13; 17:11; Jer 50:5

a sign.

13; Eze 20:12,20

six days.

Ge 1:31; 2:2,3; Heb 4:3,4,10

and was refreshed.God, in condescension to human weakness, applies to himself here what belongs to man; though it may refer to the delight and satisfaction with which he contemplated the completion of all his works, and pronounced them very good.

Ge 1:31; Job 38:7; Ps 104:31; Jer 32:41