omg 20 * Behold, he ſmore the rock, that the waters
tExod. guſhed out, e and the ſtreams overflowed ; can he give
7.6. biead alſo? can he provide fleth for his people.
Numb, e Which, +11 things conſidered, ſeems not ſo wonderful, ſince
20,11 Fountains of Water ſometimes break forth unexpeQedly from or through Rocks. Bur it is far more difficult ro give us bread and fleſh, wiich we know not whether he can do. Or at leaſt we have ju{i cauſe to doubt of his good will to us. who hath made ſuch a penurious proviſi:n for us, and denies us theſe common bleſſings of bread and flelh, whick he gives to the worſt of men. |
21 Therefore the LORD heard 7his,and was wroth;
ſo afire was f kindled againſt Jacob, and anger alfo againſt Iſrae]. ;
F Either properly, as it was Num. 11. I. or figuratively, the fire | of Govus anger, as it follows. :
22 Becauſe they believed not in God, and truſted not in his ſalvation g.
's That he both could and would ſave them from the famine and deſftruftion which they feared.
Heb, 23 Though he commanded | the clouds from above Th Ss, and opened the doors of heaven 6. h Which he compares toa Granary or Store-houſe, whereof God keeps the Key and cither thuts or opens the doors of it, either gives Frog: 0 with-holds proviſions, as he ſees fit. 4am: 24 * And had rained down manna upon them to Pſi25.4o, eat and had given them of the corn of heaven 3. Joh. 6. 1, # Which was made in Heaven; or the Air, and ſent down thence i Cor. to the Earth. 7 - 3. 25 || Man did eat angels food &: he ſent them meat media.) tO the full, RE | the bread k Manna, ſo called, either, r. Becauſe it was made by the Mini- of the ſtry of Angels. Or rather, 2. Becauſe of its excellency, ſuck t ood as might befit the Angels, if they could eat Food, and ſuch as hath
ſome reſemblance with the bleiſed Angels in regard of its Hea-
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venly Originals, its pure and ſpirituous ſubſtance, its vigour and efficacy 1n preſerving and nouriſhing thoſe who uſed it according to Gods ap».ointment.Or this place may be tranſlated as it is inthe Margent, Every ene 4:d eat the bread of the mighty, i. e. Even the com- mon 1ſrael:res fed upon as delicious food as the greateſt Nobles and Princes uſed to do. I Which may belong, either, x1. To the Fleſh mentioned in the following Verſes which God gave them even to ſatiety or glutting, which he threatned to do, Numb. 11. 18, 19, 20, Or rather, 2. To the Manna of which he is here ſpeaking, which he gave them in ſuch plenty, that their deſire of other Food could not proceed from their neceflity,but merely from wantonneſs and luſt.
26 * He cauſed an eaſt-wind + to blow in the hea- * Numb; :
ven: and by tis power he brought ia the ſouth-wind ms. 11. 31.
m Either he brought in firſt an Eaſtern, and afterwards a Sou- f Heb» thern Wind ; cr the Wind was South-eaſt ; from which Quarter 7 29. theſe Quails might come as well as from the Weſt, where their more common abode is ; this work being confeſledly miraculous.
27 He rained fleſh alſo upon them as duſt, and F feathered fowls » like as the ſand of the ſea.
n Heb. Winged Fowl, which isnoted to ſhew that it wasa ſuper- natural work, whereby God took away from them the ule of their Wings, and made them to fall into the hands of the 1raelires.
28 And he let zt fall in the midſt ot their camp o round about their habications.
o Heb. Of his camp ; either Iſrael's Camp, or Gods Camp ; for ſcing Iſrael! was Gods people, and he dwelt among them, their Camp was his Camp.
29 So they did eat, and were well filled : for he gave them their own deſire p,
þ What they delired both for quality and quantity.
39 They were not eſtranged from cheir luſt q ; but * while their meat was yet in their mouths,
q The ſenſe is either, 1. Whilſt their greety appetite yer con=.11- 33* tinued, and was not fully ſatisfied, before they vegan to loath it, as they did afterwards, Numb. 11..20, Or 2. Before they were depriv- ed or deſtirute of their defired food, whilſt they enjoyed it, and were ftill feeding upon it, as tienext Clauſe explains this. Gods patience did not wait upon them till that food was ſpent, bur fell upon them inſtantly.
31 The wrath of God came upon them, and flew the fatt=ſt of chemr, and 7 ſmore down the || choſen bl f Heb. men of Iſrael.
r The moſt healthy and ſtrong,who probably were moſt deſirous bow.
+ Heb. Fowl of
wings,
of this food, and f-d molt eagerly upon it, and grew fatter by it, \| Or, young
_ and leaſt ſuſpeted their own danger. men. | 32 Forallthis * chey tinned ſtill : and believed not þ
| for his wondrous works.
| 33 Therefore their days did he conſume in vanity /,
; p | & 17. and their years in trouble z. :
s In tedious and fruitleſs marches hither and thither, ſometimes 6
forward, and ſometimes backward, which they knew would never bring them in their own perſons ro their promiſcd and much deſi- red Land. 7 In manifold diſeafes, dangers, perplexities and hor- rors of their own Minds aid Conſciences.
34 When he ſlew them, hen they ſoug*t him « : and they returned x and enquired eariy after God y.
u They prayed ro him to dcliver them from their dead'y dan- gers ; w:ich even Pharaoh frequently did, x To wit, from their 1dois unto the outward worlhip of Tod : or being moved with fear they ceaſed for the preſent from their groſly wicked courſes, which tiiey might eaſily do without adram oftrue Repenrance, or hearry converſion to God. y Speedily and earneſtly ſought to God for eaſe
_ ſafery and comfort, as wicked men in ſuch caſes frequently O
35 And they remembred that * God was their rock, » pq; and the high God their redeemer z. = 2 They conſidered that God and God alone had preſerved them
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in all their former exigencies,and that he on'y could now he'p them, and not thoſe Idols or Creatures which they had preferred before him. and therefore being driven by abſolute neceflity they fled to | him for relief.
36 Nevertheleſs, they did flatter him with their
i #4 They made glorious but falſe profeſſions and proteſtations of = . their ſincere reſolutions of future obedience, if God would ſpare em. 37 For their heart was not right with him 5, nei- ther were they ſtedfaſt in his covenant c. b Alltheir confeſſions and petitions were but hypocritical and for«=
' ced, and did not proceed from an upright heart truly grieved for
their former offences, and firmly reſolved to turn unto the Lord. c They diſcovered their hypocrific by their Apoſtacy from God as ſoon as their danger was patt.