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Selected Verse: Exodus 16:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ex 16:4 |
King James |
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Then said the Lord unto Moses--Though the outbreak was immediately against the human leaders, it was indirectly against God: yet mark His patience, and how graciously He promised to redress the grievance.
I will rain bread from heaven--Israel, a type of the Church which is from above, and being under the conduct, government, and laws of heaven, received their food from heaven also (Psa 78:24).
that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no--The grand object of their being led into the wilderness was that they might receive a religious training directly under the eye of God; and the first lesson taught them was a constant dependence on God for their daily nourishment. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| That I may prove them - The trial consisted in the restriction to the supply of their daily wants. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Man being made out of the earth, his Maker has wisely ordered him food out of the earth, Psa 104:14. But the people of Israel typifying the church of the first - born that are written in heaven, receiving their charters, laws and commissions from heaven, from heaven also they received their food. See what God designed in making this provision for them, that I may prove them whether they will walk in my law or no - Whether they will trust me, and whether they would serve him, and be ever faithful to so good a master. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I will rain bread - Therefore this substance was not a production of the desert: nor was the dew that was the instrument of producing it common there, else they must have had this bread for a month before. |
24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;