Exo 16.1-36 will tell us about leaving elim for the wilderness of Sin (thorny); Israel’s complaint against Moses and Aaron; the coming of the Manna and quails for meat; some fail God’s testing; Yehovah provides twice as much manna the day before the Sabbath.
v 1…Then they set out from Elim and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin (thorny), which is between Elim and Sinai on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt (one month later).
v 2…And the whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled (for want of bread) against Mosses and Aaron in the wilderness (of Sin).
v 3…And the sons of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger (there was no real danger of that because they had their flocks and herds; they didn’t think it was right to spend their own “money” to eat since Moses brought them out there).
v 4…Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold (see), I will rain bread from heaven for you (a picture of Yeshua who is the bread from heaven; the written word of God); and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion (our spiritual bread studied daily) every day, that I may test (examine) them, whether or not they will walk in my instruction (Hebrew “torati”).
v 5…And it will come about on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in (to eat), it will be twice as much as they gather daily.”
v 6…So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, “At evening (v 13) you will know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt;
v 7…and in the morning you will see the glory (kivod) of the Lord, for he hears your grumbling against the Lord, and what are we, that you grumble against us (they were just servants of Yehovah; the quail is going to be given twice, here in mercy and in Num 11.10-13 in judgment)/”
v 8…And Moses said, “This will happen (the fulfillment) when the Lord gives you meat (flesh) to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for the Lord hears your grumblings which you grumble against him. And what are we (as the object of your resentment)? Your grumblings are not against us but against the Lord.”
v 9…Then Moses said to Aaron (his prophet), ‘Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, ‘Come near before the Lord (in the pillar of cloud), for he has heard your grumblings (and the evil of it).’ “
v 10…And it came about as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness (which was yet before them), and behold, the glory (kivod) of the Lord appeared in the cloud (a certain light, brighter than normal).
v 11…And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “I have heard the grumblings (and the evil of it) of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying,
v 12…’At twilight (dusk) you shall eat meat and in the morning you shall be filled with bread, and you shall know that I am the Lord your God (when my words come true).’ “
v 13…So it came about at evening that the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp (the Lord satisfies our spiritual hunger).
v 14…When the layer of dew evaporated, behold, on the surface of the wilderness there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the hoarfrost on the ground (white, speaking of righteousness).
v 15…When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, ‘What is it (“man-hu”)?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat (a type of Yeshua and the Torah-John 6.58).
v 16…This is what the Lord has commanded, ‘Gather of it every man as much as he should eat; you shall take an omer (about two quarts) apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent (thuis verse contains all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet symbolizing the word of God).
v 17…And the sons of Israel did so and some gathered much and some little (we have varying capacities).
v 18…When they measured it (n their tents) with an omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat (just enough for everyone; spiritually some gather more than others but when shared everyone has enough).
v 19…And Moses said to them, Let no man leave any of it until morning.”
v 20…But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning (having little faith, which is action on God’s word; they still thought like slaves; God was testing/examining them to see if they were going to follow him or not), and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them (for breaking this commandment of God; on the sixth day, it did not do this-v 23).
v 21…And they gathered it morning by morning, every man as much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt (it wasn’t the nature of the manna to breed worms or melt because some lasted in the pot of manna for ages in the Mishkan, and overnight if the Lord ordered it-v 24).
v 22…Now it came about on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. When all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,
v 23…then he said to them, “This is what the Lord meant (during the week the manna would spoil, but not overnight on the sabbath), “Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy (had a kedusha) sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil (for today), and all that is left over (which they did not bake or eat) put aside to be kept until morning (to cook on the sabbath; it never says to cook all of it-Exo 12.16 seems to confirm this; so we see there was a sabbath observance before Sinai and the manna is connected to it; manna and Yeshua are connected and it is through this that we know what day is the sabbath; and Israel kept count ever since).
v 24…So they put it aside until morning as Moses had ordered, and it (the uncooked portions) did not become foul, nor was there any worm in it (it didn’t spil like on other days).
v 25…And Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field.
v 26…Six days you shall gather it but on the seventh day is the sabbath, there will be none.”
v 27…And it came about on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather but they found none (the sabbath teaches us that we should not wait to gather the bread of life, Yeshua)
v 28…Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my instructions?
v 29…See, the Lord has given you the sabbath, therefore he gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain everyman in his place; let no man go out of his place on the sabbath (to gather manna).
v 30…So the people rested on the seventh day (and did not attempt to go out to gather manna).
v 31…And the house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
v 32…Then Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded (various commands about the manna), ‘Let an omerful (two quarts) of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt (they were to see the spiritual lessons associated with the manna, like trust in God, his mercy and his daily care for their needs; Messiah will draw upon these lessons learned).’ “
v 33…And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omerful of manna in it (Yeshua is the bread of life and he came in the flesh, like the jar), and place it before the Lord, to be kept throughout your generations (it would live forever).”
v 34…As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony (the Ark when it was made), to be kept.
v 35…And the sons of Israel ate the manna forty years (the number of testing), until they came to an inhabited land (cultivated ground with grain); they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan (at Gilgal; this is the history of the manna until the end of the life of Moses; he does not say it ceased because it was not stopped until after the death of Moses-Josh 5.12; we are to feed on the Messiah, bread of life in the Scriptures, until the end of our journey).
v 36…Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah (the quantity of the manna collected for the daily supply of the individual person, and which was preserved in the Mishkan, is given according to the ordinary measure called an ephah).
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