Exo 16:14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness [there lay] a small round thing, [as] small as the hoar frost on the ground. Ver. 14. The dew that lay. ] And covered the manna: whence that promise of hidden manna in Revelation 2:17 . read more
Exo 16:15 And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. Ver. 15. It is manna, ] i.e., What shall I call? Herba Anonymus non inveniendo nomen, invenit, saith Pliny; a so manna. Others interpret manna, a portion, an admirable gift, or meat prepared. a Lib. xxvi. cap. 14. read more
Exo 16:16 This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, [according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents. Ver. 16. Every man according to his eating. ] Thus they were inured in diem vivere, as Quintilian saith the birds do, to depend upon God for their daily bread. read more
Exo 16:17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. Ver. 17. Some more, some less. ] Secundum proportionem arithmeticam, sed non secundum propertionem geometricam. As a man had more or less mouths in his family to feed. read more
Exo 16:18 And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. Ver. 18. He that gathered much. ] See Trapp on " 2Co 8:15 " read more
Exo 16:19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. Ver. 19. Let no man leave of it, &c. ] It was to be gathered in the morning, and not kept till the morrow. "I made haste and delayed not," saith David. Psa 119:60 read more
Exo 16:20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. Ver. 20. Left of it until, &c. ] Either through distrust or curiosity. read more
Exo 16:21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. Ver. 21. It melted. ] Or, Putrified, faded, dissolved. Some Papists derive their Mass from this root: and well it may; nam per eam omnis pietas linquefacta est et dissoluta, saith Rivet: for it is the utter bane of all good, as being a mass or heap of abominations. read more
Exo 16:22 And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. Ver. 22. And told Moses. ] As fearing that the people had not done so well, as indeed they did: or, as desirous of further direction. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 16:13
Exo 16:13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. Ver. 13. The dew lay round, ] i.e., The manna that came down in the dew; as Christ the bread of life doth in the ministry of the word. See Deuteronomy 32:2 . Josephus writeth, that as Moses was lifting up his hands in prayer, there fell upon them a dew from heaven, and crusted. This when he had tasted, it proved very sweet; and the nature of this manna,... read more