the tenth part of an Ephah, and therefore was a very liberal allowance, and ſuch as might abundantly ſuffice a man of greateſt Strength and Stomach. Ir might ſeem roo much, bur ir muſt be remembred tharx it was a very light Mear, and ealy of Digeſtion ; nor was every one obliged to eat up his whole portion, as we ſhall ſee.
17 And the children of Ifracl did ſo, and gathered ſome more, ſome leſs y. :
y Either s. According as their Families were more or leſs nume- . lon _ refuſe: ye. to keep my commandments, and my | 2
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rous. Or rather 2. As the gatherers w>cg more or leſs ſtrong and atlive in gathering it,
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_ Upon the Sabbath day ; for there is not a word here to that purpoſe ;
'that unbaken and unſodden, otherwiſe it would not have been noted.
' day which is the ſabbath, in it there ſbal] be-none.
| : .27\4 Andiit came to paſs, that there went out ſome ' of the people . they found:none,-:
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18 And when they did mete 5: with an omer, he that gathered much, had nothing over, and he that gathered little, had no lack z : they gathered every man
according to his eating. E z All that was gathered by the Members of one Family was put into an heap, and then diſtributed to each perſon an Omer, neither
more nor leſs. To which St. Paul alludes 2 Cor: 8: 13, O's. © 19 And Moſes ſaid unto thetn, Let no man leave of
it till the morning 4. Ts
a Viz, For the ptoviſion of the next day, as diſtruſting God's care and goodnels in giving them more. Not that every one was boun to eat all of it, which certainly many of their ſtomachs could nor bear ; but thar they were to diſſolve ir, or burn it as they did the remains of ſome Sacrifices, Exod: 12: 10: and 29: 34: or conſume it ſome other way. | | 2
20 Notwithſtanding, they hearkened not unto Moſes, but ſome of them lefr of ic 4 until the morning, and ic bred worms and ftank c; a..d Moſes was wroth with
them. |
6 Either diſtruſtiag God's Providence for their future proviſions ; or, out of curiolity to learn the nature of this Manna, and whatthey might do when occaſion required, c Not ſo much from its own nature, which was pure and durable, as from God's judgements
2r And they gathered it every morning, every mat according to his eatirig : and when the ſun waxed hor,
ic melted d.
a Towit, as much of it as was left upon the ground. This was not from its own nature, which was ſo ſolid that it could indure the Fire, and was bruiſed by a Peſtel ; but from God's wiſe Providence; pirtly that it mighr not be corrupted or trodden under foot, or otherw1ſe abuſed, and ſo deſpiſed ; parrly that it might nor remain there ro tempt any of them to gather more of it than they ſhould ; and partly thar all their ſtock of proviſion being waſted, they mighr be obliged to the more entire dependance upon God. And this is here mentioned as a reaſon why they gathered it in the morning.
22 4 And it cameto paſs, that on the ſixth day they gathered twice as much bread e, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moſes f. FOE
e Conſidering God's preſent Providence in cauſing it to fall ir double propertion,znd rememibring that the next day was the Sabbath- day, which God had Bleſſed and SanQtified to his own Immediate ſervice, Gen. 2. 3- and therefore was not to be employed in ſervile works, ſuch as the gathering of Manna was, they' rightly concluded, that God's commands delivered Yerſe 16. 19. reached only to ordinary days, and muſt in all reaſon give place to' the more ancient and neceſfary Law of the Sabbath. Ff Either to acquaint him with' this increaſe of the Miracle,.or to take his direftion for their Praftice, - becauſe they found rwo commands ſeemingly claſbing together; and ' therefore needed and deſired. his advice» Ek |
» 23. And he ſaid unto them, This is that which the - LORD hath ſaid g, To mcrrow 35 the reſt of the holy ſabbath unto the LORD : bake þ that which you will - bake, zo dayz, and ſeethe & that ye will ſeethe, and
chat which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept
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like occaſions ; this praQice is agreeable ro the former Word and
Law of God concerning the Sabbath, as it follows. þ The Manns was dreſſed theſe two ways, Numb. 11.8. i Theſe words, © day, are-
or if they be raken'in, rhey do not ſeem to me, as they do ro many others, to prove, that they were commanded to bake or ſeethe on the ſixth day all that they were to eat both that day, and upoathe following Sabbath, or that they were forb:dden to bake or ſeethe it
and it is'apparent from the whole Context, - that the Reſt of the Sabbath is not oppoſed to their baking or ſeething of it, but to their going out into the Field to gather it. Nay the contrary is here impited, becauſe after they had baken and ſodden what they intended. to bake or ſeethe, part of the Manna did, as is here expreſly added,” + remain over, and was reſerved for the Sabbath days Proviſion, and'
as a miraculous thing, that it did 'not Stink nor breed Worms, Verſe 24. {+ What you do nor eat this day, keep for the next days © Proviſion. | | | TED 24 And they laid it up until the morning, as Moſes bade : and ic did not ſtink, neither wasthere any worm therein &. Ss ES 2 Beglk k As there was before, Yerſe 20, So great a difference there is . between the doing ofa thipg upon God's Command, and with his Bleſſiug, and the doiag of the ſame thing againſt his Will, and wich ' kis Curie. * . | 35 Ws: —_ 25 And Moſes ſaid, Eat that to day /, for today is © = a ſabbath unto the LORD m : to day ye ſhall nor figd _*© it in the field. ; | WW} 3:1 1 Theſe words were ſpoken upont the Morning of the Sabbath- day, as appears fram the foregoing Verſe. m (5. e.) Wholly conſe-.;, _ to his Service, and therefore not to be employed in fervile OTKS. ' 4 | ;
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