# buriivs. becauſe the fire of the LORD burnt among them. f From this fire; as it was called Kibroth-hattaavah from another occaſion, werſe 34, 35. and Numb. 33. 16. As it is no new thingin * Scripture for perſons and places to have two names. Both theſe names were impoſed as monuments of the peoples ſin and of Gods juſt judgment. See Dent: 9: 7, 22, 24. 4 And the * mixt multitude g that wes among them, +fell a luſtivg, and the children of Iſrael þ alſo} wept agains,and ſaid, * Who ſhal give us fleſh & to eat ? + Heb. re- &£ Conſiſting of Egyptians or other people, which being affeted turned and with God's miraculous works in Egypt, and thereupon believing wept. the promiſe of God to carry them to a land of milk and honey, for * | Cor, their own advantage joyned themſelves to the 1ſ7aelites.Exod: 12: 38: "10:6. Pſi], and now finding themſelves ſadly diſappointed they diſcover their 78: 18: & evil minds. þ Whoſe ſpecial relation and obligation to God ſhould 106: 14. have reſtrained them from ſuch carriages: # This word relates e1- th-rto their former murmuring upon this occaſion a twelve month before, Exod: 16:2: or rather to their complaining mentioned.ver:1: ronote the aggravation of their ſin, that having juſt now ſinned in the ſame kind,and ſorely ſmarted for their ſin,and being bur newly delivered from their fears and dangers cauſed thereby, they forth- with return to their vomit and murmuragain, and that more pafſio- nately than before,expreſling themſelves in tears and bitter words. k This word is here taken generally ſo as to include fiſh,as the next word+ ſhew, and as it is uſed, 7 Cor. 15. 39. - They had indeed flefh and-catrel which they ouger with them out of Fgypt, but theſe were reſerved for breed to be carried into Canaan, and weie ſo few that they would ſcarce have ſerved them for a- month, as may be gathered from Numb: 11; 20, 27, 22. . : 5 * We renmiember the fiſh which we did cat in Egypt freely 1 : the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks,
andthe onions, and the garlick. I Either. without price, for fiſh was very plentiful, and fiſhing ' was there free,or with a very ſmall price; for nothing is ſomerimes pur for a little, as Joh: 18: 20: 4#: 27: 33: and none for few, as Jer: 8: 6: 1 Cor: 2: 8. © And this is the more probable becauſe the Zgypr;- ans might not taſte of fiſh, nor ofthe leecks and onions, which they ' worſhipped for gods, and therefore the Iſraelites, who ſpeak theſe words, might have them there upon cheaper terms. 6 Burt now our ſoul »: is dried away » ; there is no-
thing at all beſides this Manna, before our eyes 0.
»» Either 1. our life, as the ſou! ſignifies, Gen. 9. 5. Pſal: 33. 19. Job. 36. 14. or 2. our body, which 1s oft Ponified by the ſoul, as Pſal. IG. 10. and 35. 12. and 105 18. So Levit. 19. 28. and 21. 1. Numb. 5. 2. ».Is withered and pines away ; which poſſibly might be true through envy and diſcontent, and inordinate appetite, as 2 Sam 13. 4. Prov 14. 3o. 0 Heb. Our eyes ſee or look to nothing but this Man- »z. They ſpeak as if the Manns were only uſeful to pleaſe their eyes, with its fine colour and ſhape, but not to fatisfie their appe- tites, or ſuſtain their natures.
7 And * the manna was as coriander-ſeed + colour thereof as the colour of bdellium 9.
þ Not for colour, for that is black, but for ſhape and figure. 9 Which iseither 1. the gum ofatree, of a white and bright colour, or rather 2-a gem or precious one, as the Hebrew Do@ors take it ; and particularly a pearl, as ſome render it, wherewith the Manna doth may#feſtly agree both in its colour, which is white, Exod. 16. 14. and 1n its figure which is round. See more on Gen. 2. 12.
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in pans, and made cakes of it : and the taſte of it wes as the taſte of freſh oyl yr.
r Or, of the moſt excellent oyl ; or, of the flour of oz! : or, as others, of cakes or paſte made with the beft oyl, the word cakes bei 1g eaſily fup= plied our of the foregoing member of the verſe : o , which is aot much differing, {ike wafers made with honey,as it 1s fa:d E. od, 16, 37x. , The nature and uſe of Mama is here thus particularly de!c: ibed, to ſhew the greatneſs of their ſin in deſpiling ſuch exceilent food as
9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it s, s And then the dew fell again upon it and covered it,as we ſee Exod. 16. 13, 14. fo the Manna lay hid as it were between two beds of dew. Hence the phraſe of hidden Manna, Rev. 2. 17. 10 Then Moles heard the peopie weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent t, and : * the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly ; Moſes * Pal. 78, alſo was diſpleaſed «. | wo t To note, that they were not aſhamed of their ſin. » Partly for their great unthankfuſneſs; partly foreſecing the dreadful judg- ments coming upon them ; and partly for his own burden expieſ- ſed in the following verſes. 11 And Moſes faid unto the LORD, Wherefore haſt thou aftlicted thy ſervant? and wherefore have I not © found favour in thy ſight x, that thou layeſt the burden of all this people upon me ?
* Why didſt thou not hear my prayer, when I deſired thou wouldeſt excuſe me, and commit the care and government of this unruly people to ſome other perſon ? See Exod. 3. 11. and 4. 10.
12 Have I conceived all this people ? have I [] be. || Or, tn gotten them y, that thou ſhouldeſt ſay unto me, Carry them. them inthy boſom (as a nurſing father beareth the ſuck- 59 Gr. 1ng-chiid 2 ) unto the land which thou ſweareſt unto cheir fathers ?
y Are they my children, thatT ſhould be obliged to provide food and all things for their neceſſity and deſire ? z Which exprefſion .ews the tender care and affe&ion that governours by the com- mand of God ought to have towards their people. | i3 Whence ibould 1 have fleſh to give unto all this people ? for they weep unto me, ſaying, Give us fleſh that we may eat.
14 I am not able to bear all this people # alone b, becauſe it is too heavy for me.
a ( i. e.) The burden of providing for and ſatisfying of them: