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Exodus 16:13-23

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13 And so it was, in the evening, the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning, a layer of dew was all around the camp.
14 And the layer of dew came up, {and there} on the face of the desert was a fine granular substance, fine like frost on the ground.
15 And the {Israelites} saw, and they said {to each other}, "What [is] this?" because they did not know what it [was]. And Moses said to them, "That [is] the bread that Yahweh has given to you as food.
16 This [is] the word that Yahweh commanded, 'Gather from it, {each according to what he can eat}, an omer per person [according to] the number of you. You each shall take [enough] for whoever [is] in his tent.'"
17 And the {Israelites} did so, and they gathered, some more and some less.
18 And [when] they measured with the omer, the one gathering more had no surplus, and the one gathering less had no lack; they gathered {each according to what he could eat}.
19 And Moses said to them, "Let no one leave any of it until morning."
20 But they did not listen to Moses. Some people left [some] of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
21 And they gathered it morning by morning, {each according to what he could eat}, and it melted [when] the sun was hot.
22 And when it was the sixth day, they gathered twice [as much] bread, two omers for one [person], and all the leaders of the community came and told Moses.
23 And he said to them, "This is what Yahweh has said. Tomorrow [is] a rest period, a holy Sabbath for Yahweh. Bake what you [want to] bake, and boil what you [want to] boil. Put aside all the surplus for yourselves for safekeeping until the morning."
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Exodus 16:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 16

This chapter begins with an account of the journeying of the children of Israel from Elim to the wilderness of Sin, where they murmured for want of bread, Ex 16:1-3, when the Lord told Moses that he would rain bread from heaven for them, which Moses informed them of; and withal, that the Lord took notice of their murmurings, Ex 16:4-12 which promise the Lord fulfilled; and a description of the bread, and the name of it, are given, Ex 16:13-15, and some instructions are delivered out concerning the quantity of it to be gathered, Ex 16:16-18, the time of gathering and keeping it, Ex 16:19-21, the gathering a double quantity on the sixth day for that and the seventh day, with the reason of it, Ex 16:22-30 and a further description of it, Ex 16:31, and an order to preserve an omer of it in a pot, to be kept for generations to come, that it might be seen by them, Ex 16:32-34, and the chapter is concluded with observing, that this bread was ate by the Israelites forty years, even till they came to the borders of the land of Canaan, and the quantity they ate every day is observed what it was, Ex 16:35,36.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Footnotes 11

  • [a]. Literally "look" or "behold"
  • [b]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
  • [c]. Literally "a man to his brother"
  • [d]. Literally "a man for the mouth of his eating"
  • [e]. Literally "skull" or "head"
  • [f]. Or "the number of your selves"
  • [g]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"
  • [h]. Literally "a man for the mouth of his eating"
  • [i]. Literally "men"
  • [j]. Literally "a man according to the mouth of his eating"
  • [k]. Literally "and the sun was hot, and he/it melted"
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