Bible Commentary

And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore [is] this [that] thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? 3. murmured ] see on Exo 15:24. Wherefore, &c.] cf. Num 20:4-5; also Exo 14:11 f., Exo … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 17:3”

Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? 2. Wherefore ] the Heb. is simply And. strove, i.e. disputed, expostulated. The word means properly to argue a case in a court … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 17:2”

And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and [there was] no water for the people to drink. 1a. the congregation ] see on Exo 12:3. journeys ] better, as marg., stages; lit. pluckings … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 17:1”

Now an omer [is] the tenth [part] of an ephah. 36. An explanatory note: cf. on v. 16. The manna of the Peninsula of Sinai is the sweet juice of the arfa, a species of Tamarisk. It exudes in summer by night from the trunk and branches, and forms small round white grains, which (as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 16:36”

And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 35. How the manna continued till the Israelites reached Canaan. Cf. Jos 5:11 f. (P). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 16:35”

As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 34. before the Testimony ] i.e. before the Ark, which contained the ‘Testimony,’ P’s standing expression for the Decalogue (see on Exo 25:16): cf. Exo 30:36, Num 17:4; Num 17:10. Cf. Heb 9:4. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 16:34”

And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. 33. a pot ] or jar: inneth, only here: LXX. (an earthen jar). lay it up ] As Num 17:4, in a similar connexion. before Jehovah … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 16:33”

And Moses said, This [is] the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 32. be kept ] Heb. be for a keeping … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 16:32”

And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it [was] like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it [was] like wafers [made] with honey. 31. the house of Israel ] Unusual: cf. Exo 40:38, Num 20:29, Jos 21:45 (all P). Lev 10:6; Lev 17:3; Lev 17:8; Lev 17:10; Lev 22:18 (P … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 16:31”

So the people rested on the seventh day. 30. rested ] desisted (from work), or, kept sabbath. See on Exo 20:8. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Or ceased, to wit, from gathering manna, by comparing this with Exo 16:27, and consequently from all works of that nature. Fuente: English Annotations on the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 16:30”