Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 16:28
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
28. How long, &c.] Cf. the similarly introduced reproachful question, Num 14:11 (J); also Jos 18:3.
my commandments and my laws ] There has been no mention before the present chapter of the Israelites’ refusal to obey Jehovah’s commands. But P’s account of the manna probably stood originally (see p. 144) at a later point of the narrative.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
How long – The reference to Exo 16:4 is obvious. The prohibition involved a trial of faith, in which as usual the people were found wanting. Every miracle formed some part, so to speak, of an educational process.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
The Lord spoke unto Moses, that he might speak it to the people. He signifies that this was an old disease in them, to disobey Gods precepts, and to pollute his sabbaths.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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 upon their breach of that, he takes occasion to upbraid them with their former transgressions of other laws of his, and which they had continued in, or at least were frequently committing; and which was a proof of their perverseness and rebellion against him, though he was so kind and bountiful to them.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(28) How long refuse ye to keep my commandments ?The people had already broken one of the positive precepts with respect to the manna (see Exo. 16:20); now they broke anotherin the spirit, at any ratesince they would have gathered had they found anything to gather. Thus they provoked God a second time; yet was He so merciful, that He destroyed them not, but turned His anger away, and did not stir up all His wrath (Psa. 78:38). Apparently He made allowance for the ordinance being a new one, to which they were not yet accustomed.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
‘And Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?”
Yahweh rebukes the disobedient people through Moses but there is no penalty. This can surely only be because it was a new institution. The cry of Yahweh hear is reflected in every generation. How He longs that His people will obey Him.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
I could wish that the jealousy which the Lord in this place, and in numberless other passages in the Bible, manifests for the observance of his holy day, was made the serious subject of consideration by all ranks and orders in this land. Oh! what a volume would it furnish if the profanations of only a single Lord’s day, in this highly enlightened country, could be gathered together into one mass of particulars. Doth not the Lord say of us, as Isa 1:4 ? And may we not say as Isa 1:9 ?
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 16:28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Ver. 28. How long refuse ye. ] The rulers are disgraced for the people’s unruliness.
To keep my commandments?
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the LORD said. See note on Exo 3:7, and compare note on Exo 6:10.
How long . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Exo 10:3, Num 14:11, Num 20:12, 2Ki 17:14, Psa 78:10, Psa 78:22, Psa 81:13, Psa 81:14, Psa 106:13, Isa 7:9, Isa 7:13, Jer 4:14, Jer 9:6, Eze 5:6, Eze 20:13, Eze 20:16, Mar 9:19
Reciprocal: Exo 20:10 – thou shalt Exo 32:22 – knowest Num 14:27 – How long Num 15:32 – they found a man Psa 62:3 – How Pro 1:22 – How Jer 38:21 – if thou Mat 17:17 – how long shall I be Luk 9:41 – how