Bible Gateway passage: Exodus 16:13-35 - New King James Version (2024)

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What does Exodus 16 teach us? ›

The manna story in Exodus 16 warns against hoarding, against greed that capitalizes on this “myth of scarcity.” Instead it encourages sharing that is exemplified also in the stories that tell of Jesus taking five loaves and two fishes, and after he had blessed the food, he broke it and gave it to feed a multitude of ...

The LORD has given you the sabbath. That is why on the sixth day he gives you food for two days. Each of you stay where you are and let no one go out on the seventh day.

and the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

Exodus says that this heavenly grain then rained down from the sky every single day. The Israelites ground it into flour and used it to make cakes. God fed the Israelites with this bread, which they called 'manna', for forty years. When they finally arrived in the Promised Land, however, the manna stopped falling.

Exodus 16:13 Meaning and Commentary

These here seem to have come up one evening only, whereas, in the place referred to, they had them a whole month together: and covered the camp: their numbers were so many, as indeed such a prodigious company of people as those were required a great number to satisfy them with.

The book of Exodus teaches that the Lord is the one true God and the ruler of all creation. And when the Lord decides to do something, no one can stop him.

Sabbath is not a commandment we are bound to; it's a promise we're invited to enjoy. Sabbath rest is an invitation to practice for eternity in God's presence. It is an act of regular and intentional trust of God's rule on Earth. We shabbat in order to nuakh—when we stop working, we can truly rest in God's presence.

Indeed, Jesus even claimed in John 5:17 that he, like his Father, works on the Sabbath. Working on the Sabbath, of course, is what the Old Testament prohibits, but Jesus claimed that he must work on the Sabbath since he is equal with God (John 5:18).

➡️ It is completely permissible to prepare hot coffee on Shabbat via the pour-over method. This means: You use coffee that was ground before Shabbat. You simply pour the hot water on the coffee (no swirling the slurry, no spinning with a spoon)

But although we cannot be certain which plant produced the “bread from heaven” that the Jewish people ate on their journey, we do know that “manna” is still harvested and used in parts of Iran and Iraq.

What is the spirit of Exodus? ›

The overall theme of Exodus is redemption—how God delivered the Israelites and made them His special people. After He rescued them from slavery, God provided the Law, which gave instructions on how the people could be consecrated or made holy.

There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death'” (Exodus 16:3). The compounding forces of time, environment, and uncertainty snuffed out the afterglow of victory.

In Exodus, then, the Quail appear as a sign of God's providence and generosity, and also a foreshadowing of the Eucharist and the Incarnation. In the Desert, God gave his people bread from heaven and flesh from the sky in the form of Quail.

You might, for example, say, "The doughnuts my coworker brought in this morning were like manna from heaven." Manna has a Greek root that comes from the Hebrew man, and although it literally means "substance exuded by the tamarisk tree," it's almost always used to refer to God's nourishment in the Bible.

According to the book of Exodus, manna is like a coriander seed in size but is white (this is explained by ancient commentaries as a comparison to the round shape of the coriander seed).

Following the Israelites' deliverance from bondage, Moses led the children of Israel to Mount Sinai. While on the journey, the Israelites murmured because of a lack of food. The Lord blessed the children of Israel with manna and instructed them to gather it every morning except on the Sabbath.

The testimony is reference to the law (Ten Commandments) kept inside the Ark of The Covenant under the Mercy Seat, and the “Law of Moses" which was kept (in a slot) on the side of the ark. The Ten Commandments and Scripture, which includes prophecy, is referred to as “the Law and the Testimony" (Isaiah 8:20).

As students study this book they will learn about the Lord's power to deliver them from sin. They will also learn that commandments, ordinances, and covenants can help them prepare to receive the blessings of eternal life.

Exodus 16:4 Assures Us That God Provides for His People

I'm going to provide for my people.” This is a promise God gives to His people over and over and over again in the Bible to all who trust in Him.