ad By any of thoſe Plagues wherewith God deſtroyed the Egyp-= tians. e Which 1s not probable ? but they amplify their former Mercies, that they might aggravate their preſent Calamity, as the manner of impatient and ungodly Men is. f Queſt. What danger was thzre of dying with Hunger, ſeing they had their Flocks and Herds which they brought out of Egypr ? Anſw: 1. There was no great danger of it, bur they uſe aggravating Expreſſions, as diſcon- rented perſons uſe to do. 2. Their Flocks and Herds were not ſo numerous as to ſuffice them for above a months proviſion, if they had all been ſlain and eaten, as it is implied Numb: 11. 21, 22. So * Pſal:78 there was ſome danger of it, though neither immediate,nor great. 24 25.and 3- They were it ſeems reſolved to ſpare theſe, partly for increaſe, 2195; 40.
and for their future Subſiſtance ; and partly for Sacrifice, as not Joh: 6. JT ——_ _ many of them they ſhould be required to offer. See 32. 1 Cor. Exoa. 10; 26. IO: 3,
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5 And it ſhall come to paſs, that on the ſixth day they thail prepare & that which they bring in, and it
*See Lev: ſhall be * twice as much as they gather daily. _ k Lay up, grind, bake, or ſeethe. See verſe 23; and Num: 11: 8.
6 And Moſes and Aaron ſaid unto all the children of Iſrael, at even, Then ye ſhall know that the LORD hath brought you / out from the land of Egypt.
1 And not we by our own Authority or Counſel, as you ſuggeſt, Perle 3. ;
7 And in the morning, then ye ſhall ſee the glory of the LORD mw, for that he hearech your murmurings againſt che LORD : And what are we that ye murmur againſt us ? EE |
m Either this glorious work of God in giving Manns ; or rather the glorious appearance of God in the Cloud, as is evident from Perſe 10. |
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ive you in theevening fleſh to cat, andin the morning | to the full: for that the LORD hearetch your mbrmurings, which ye murmur againſt him ; and what are we ? your murmurings are not againſt us, but *See Luke * againſt the LORD. pg 9 © And Moſes ſpaks unto Aaron, Say unto all the 13:22 Congregation of the children of Iſrael; Come near before the LORD #= : for he hath heard your murmur- ings. | G Either before the cloudy Pillar, where God was eſpecially pre- ſent ; or in the place of God's Woxſhip. For though the great Tabernacle was not yet builr, yet it ſeems from Exod: 33: 7: there was « little Tabernacle. For as the Solemn, and Publick.and Savbath- Worſhip was among them before the Tabernacle was built, ſo it was neceſſary there ſhould be ſome place where they did Aſſemble roge- ther, and perform thar Worſhip which was proper to thoſe times, and there God was ſuppoſed to be preſent in « peculiar manner.
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whole congregation of the children of iſrael, that they looked toward the wilderneſs, and behold, the glory * Chap: of the LORD o * appeared in the cloud. 83: 21: 0 An extraordinary brightneſs ſuddenly appearing in the Pillar of Cloud. See Levit. g. 6, 23.
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12 1 have heard the murmyrings of the chiidren of Iſrael : ſpeak unto them, Caing, At even ye ſhall cat fleſh, and in the morning ye {hall be filled wich bread q ; and ye (ball know that I am the LORD your God.
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their days flight, abour evening came thirther ; and the morning for Manna, which uſually falls at that time.
12 And it. came to paſs that at even * the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay r round abour the hoſt.
r Heb. There was a bed of dew, wherewith the Manna was covered, Perſe 144 To this the 4id4den Manna, Revel: 2: r7: alludes. *Numb. 24 And when -* the dew that lay was gone up s, 11:7: Plal; behold, upon the face of the wilderneſs there lay a 78: 24: {mall round thing, «s ſmall as the hoar froſt upon the and- 105: ground. 4::Wild: *, To wit, into the Air; or, was vaniſhed, as the word aſcend is 16: 20; uſed, Jer: 48: 15. : | i5 And when the children of Iſrael ſaw it, they faid
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Or, one to another, F It is mannaz: for they wiſt not what what s jt was, And Moſes ſaid unto them, * This is the bread #**orits which the LORD hath given you to car, ,4 Fohn 6: t Or, What i chis > which beſt ſuits with rhe following reaſon, 0 - * For they wiſt not what it was. Man ſignifies what in the Egyptian Tongue ; 37: s . Or: and it is not ſtrange that the 1/aelires ute one of their words, being one 8 newly come out of their Land. Hence this 15 called Manna, bur it is of a different Nature from the ordinary Manna which now we uſe only as phyfick for purging ; whereas this Manna was food, and nouriſhing, being prepared by the great God for this uſe. 16 4 This #5 the thing which the LORD hath com- manded ; gather of it every man according to his cating. 33> , #: anomer x | for every man, according to the number KA” : of your + perſons take ye every man for chem which + Heb, #7 1n his tents. | | ſeuls. x (;.e.) As much as is ſufficient for his eating. » Which contains