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Text -- Exodus 16:36 (NET)

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16:36 (Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.)
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: WEIGHTS AND MEASURES | Tenth deal | Sin | Omer | NUMBER | Measure | MOSES | MANNA | Israel | Exodus | Ephah | EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 3-4 | EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 2 | more
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JFB: Exo 16:32-36 - -- The mere fact of such a multitude being fed for forty years in the wilderness, where no food of any kind is to be obtained, will show the utter imposs...

The mere fact of such a multitude being fed for forty years in the wilderness, where no food of any kind is to be obtained, will show the utter impossibility of their subsisting on a natural production of the kind and quantity as this tarfa-gum [see on Exo 16:13]; and, as if for the purpose of removing all such groundless speculations, Aaron was commanded to put a sample of it in a pot--a golden pot (Heb 9:4) --to be laid before the Testimony, to be kept for future generations, that they might see the bread on which the Lord fed their fathers in the wilderness. But we have the bread of which that was merely typical (1Co 10:3; Joh 6:32).

Clarke: Exo 16:36 - -- Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah - About six pints, English. See Clarke’ s note on Exo 16:16. The true place of this verse seems to be...

Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah - About six pints, English. See Clarke’ s note on Exo 16:16. The true place of this verse seems to be immediately after Exo 16:18, for here it has no connection

1.    On the miracle of the manna, which is the chief subject in this chapter, a good deal has already been said in the preceding notes. The sacred historian has given us the most circumstantial proofs that it was a supernatural and miraculous supply; that nothing of the kind had ever been seen before, and probably nothing like it had ever afterwards appeared. That it was a type of our blessed Redeemer, and of the salvation which he has provided for man, there can be no doubt, for in this way it is applied by Christ himself; and from it we may gather this general conclusion, that salvation is of the Lord. The Israelites must have perished in the wilderness, had not God fed them with bread from heaven; and every human soul must have perished, had not Jesus Christ come down from heaven, and given himself for the life of the world

2.    God would have the Israelites continually dependent on himself for all their supplies; but he would make them, in a certain way, workers with him. He provided the manna; they gathered and ate it. The first was God’ s work; the latter, their own. They could not produce the manna, and God would not gather it for them. Thus the providence of God appears in such a way as to secure the co-operation of man. Though man should plant and water, yet it is God who giveth the increase. But if man neither plant nor water, God will give no increase. We cannot do God’ s work, and he will not do ours. Let us, therefore, both in things spiritual and temporal, be workers together with Him

3.    This daily supply of the manna probably gave rise to that petition, Give us to-day our daily bread. It is worthy of remark, 1. That what was left over night contrary to the command of God bred worms and stank; 2. That a double portion was gathered on the day preceding the Sabbath; 3. That this alone continued wholesome on the following day; and, 4. That none fell on the Sabbath! Hence we find that the Sabbath was considered a Divine institution previously to the giving of the Mosaic law; and that God continued to honor that day by permitting no manna to fall during its course. Whatever is earned on the Sabbath is a curse in a man’ s property. They who Will be rich, fall into temptation and into a snare, etc.; for, using illicit means to acquire lawful things, they bring God’ s curse upon themselves, and are drowned in destruction and perdition. Reader, dost thou work on the Sabbath to increase thy property? See thou do it not! Property acquired in this way will be a curse both to thee and to thy posterity

4.    To show their children and children’ s children what God had done for their fathers, a pot of manna was laid up before the testimony. We should remember our providential and gracious deliverances in such a way as to give God the praise of his own grace. An ungrateful heart is always associated with an unbelieving mind and an unholy life. Like Israel, we should consider with what bread God has fed our fathers, and see that we have the same; the same Christ - the bread of life, the same doctrines, the same ordinances, and the same religious experience. How little are we benefited by being Protestants, if we be not partakers of the Protestant faith! And how useless will even that faith be to us, if we hold the truth in unrighteousness. Our fathers had religion enough to enable them to burn gloriously for the truth of God! Reader, hast thou so much of the life of God in thy soul, that thou couldst burn to ashes at the stake rather than lose it? In a word, couldst thou be a martyr? Or hast thou so little grace to lose, that thy life would be more than an equivalent for thy loss? Where is the manna on which thy fathers fed?

TSK: Exo 16:36 - -- Exo 16:16, Exo 16:32, Exo 16:33

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Gill: Exo 16:36 - -- Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. Frequent mention being made of this measure in the above relation, as containing the quantity of each man's...

Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. Frequent mention being made of this measure in the above relation, as containing the quantity of each man's share of the manna daily, during the forty years' stay in the wilderness; an account is given by the historian how much it contained, by which it may appear what a sufficient provision was made: an ephah, according to Jarchi, contained three seahs (or pecks); a scab, six kabs; a kab, four logs; a log, six egg shells; and the tenth part of an ephah was forty three egg shells, and the fifth part of one: but Dr. Cumberland b has reduced this to our measure, and has given it more clearly and distinctly; an ephah, according to him, contained, in wine measure, seven gallons, two quarts, and about half a pint; in corn measure, six gallons, three pints, and three solid inches; and an omer three quarts; which being made into bread, must be more than any ordinary man could well eat; for, as Ainsworth observes, an omer was twice as much as the choenix, (a measure mentioned in Rev 6:6.) which was wont to be a man's allowance of bread corn for a day; and what a vast quantity must fall every day to supply so large a number of people with such a measure; some have reckoned it at 94,466 bushels every day, and that there must be consumed in forty years 1,379,203,600 bushels c.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Exo 16:36 The point of this chapter, with all its instructions and reports included, is God’s miraculous provision of food for his people. This is a displ...

Geneva Bible: Exo 16:36 Now an omer [is] the tenth [part] of an ( q ) ephah. ( q ) Which measure contained about five gallons.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Exo 16:1-36 - --1 The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread.4 God promises them bread and flesh from heaven, and they are rebuked.13 Quails and manna a...

MHCC: Exo 16:32-36 - --God having provided manna to be his people's food in the wilderness, the remembrance of it was to be preserved. Eaten bread must not be forgotten. God...

Matthew Henry: Exo 16:32-36 - -- God having provided manna to be his people's food in the wilderness, and to be to them a continual feast, we are here told, 1. How the memory of it ...

Keil-Delitzsch: Exo 16:36 - -- In conclusion, the quantity of the manna collected for the daily supply of each individual, which was preserved in the sanctuary, is given according...

Constable: Exo 15:22--Lev 1:1 - --II. THE ADOPTION OF ISRAEL 15:22--40:38 The second major section of Exodus records the events associated with Go...

Constable: Exo 16:1-36 - --2. Quails and manna in the wilderness of Sin ch. 16 This chapter records another crisis in the experience of the Israelites as they journeyed from Gos...

Guzik: Exo 16:1-36 - --Exodus 16 - Manna for the Children of Israel A. God's promise to provide. 1. (1-3) The murmuring of the nation against Moses and Aaron. And they j...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Exodus (Book Introduction) EXODUS, a "going forth," derives its name from its being occupied principally with a relation of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt, and the i...

JFB: Exodus (Outline) INCREASE OF THE ISRAELITES. (Exo. 1:1-22) BIRTH AND PRESERVATION OF MOSES. (Exo 2:1-10) there went a man of the house of Levi, &c. Amram was the hus...

TSK: Exodus (Book Introduction) The title of this Book is derived from the Septuagint; in which it is called ΕΞΟΔΟΣ , " Exodus;" or, as it is in the Codex Alexandrinus, Ε...

TSK: Exodus 16 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Exo 16:1, The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread; Exo 16:4, God promises them bread and flesh from heaven, and they are...

Poole: Exodus (Book Introduction) SECOND BOOK OF MOSES CALLED EXODUS. THE ARGUMENT. AFTER the death of Joseph, who had sent for his father’ s house into Egypt, the children o...

Poole: Exodus 16 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 16 The children of Israel sojourn in the wilderness of Sin, Exo 16:1 ; murmur against Moses, Exo 16:2,3 . God promises to supply their want...

MHCC: Exodus (Book Introduction) The Book of Exodus relates the forming of the children of Israel into a church and a nation. We have hitherto seen true religion shown in domestic lif...

MHCC: Exodus 16 (Chapter Introduction) (Exo 16:1-12) The Israelites come to the wilderness of Sin. They murmur for food, God promises bread from heaven. (Exo 16:13-21) God sends quails and...

Matthew Henry: Exodus (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Second Book of Moses, Called Exodus Moses (the servant of the Lord in writing for him as well as ...

Matthew Henry: Exodus 16 (Chapter Introduction) This chapter gives us an account of the victualling of the camp of Israel. I. Their complaint for want of bread (Exo 16:1-3). II. The notice God ...

Constable: Exodus (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The Hebrew title of this book (we'elleh shemot) originated from the...

Constable: Exodus (Outline) Outline I. The liberation of Israel 1:1-15:21 A. God's preparation of Israel and Moses chs. ...

Constable: Exodus Exodus Bibliography Adams, Dwayne H. "The Building Program that Works (Exodus 25:4--36:7 [31:1-11])." Exegesis ...

Haydock: Exodus (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF EXODUS. INTRODUCTION. The second Book of Moses is called Exodus from the Greek word Exodos, which signifies going out; becaus...

Gill: Exodus (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS This book is called by the Jews Veelleh Shemoth, from the first words with which it begins, and sometimes Sepher Shemoth, an...

Gill: Exodus 16 (Chapter Introduction) 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...

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