When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground. When the layer of dew had evaporatedThe phrase begins with a natural phenomenon, "the layer of dew," which in Hebrew is "ṭal." Dew is often seen in the Bible as a symbol of divine blessing and provision ( Genesis 27:28, Hosea 14:5). In the arid desert, dew was a crucial source of moisture, representing God's grace that sustains life even in barren places. The evaporation signifies a transition from the natural to the supernatural, as God's provision becomes visible. This moment is a reminder of God's timing and the importance of patience and trust in His provision. there were thin flakes
The Hebrew word for "thin flakes" is "daq," which conveys something small and delicate. This description emphasizes the miraculous nature of the manna, which was unlike any other food the Israelites had known. The thinness of the flakes suggests fragility, yet they were sufficient to sustain the Israelites. This teaches us that God's provision may not always come in grand or expected forms, but it is always enough to meet our needs. like frost on the ground
The comparison to "frost" (Hebrew: "kfor") evokes imagery of purity and freshness. Frost covers the ground uniformly, symbolizing the impartial and abundant nature of God's provision. Just as frost appears in the morning, manna was a daily reminder of God's faithfulness. This imagery encourages believers to seek God's mercies anew each day, as Lamentations 3:23 reminds us that His mercies are "new every morning." appearing on the desert floor
The "desert floor" (Hebrew: "midbar") is a place of desolation and scarcity, yet it becomes the setting for God's miraculous provision. The desert is often a place of testing and transformation in Scripture, where God reveals His power and faithfulness (Deuteronomy 8:2-3). The appearance of manna on the desert floor signifies that God can bring life and sustenance even in the most unlikely and challenging circumstances. This encourages believers to trust in God's ability to provide, regardless of their environment or situation. Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt and through the wilderness. 2. IsraelitesThe people of God who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and are now journeying through the wilderness. 3. Wilderness of SinThe desert area where the Israelites were traveling and where God provided manna. 4. MannaThe miraculous bread from heaven provided by God to sustain the Israelites in the wilderness. 5. GodThe provider and sustainer of His people, demonstrating His faithfulness and provision through the miracle of manna. Teaching Points God's ProvisionGod provides for our needs in unexpected ways. Just as He provided manna for the Israelites, He continues to meet our needs today. Daily DependenceThe Israelites had to gather manna daily, teaching us to rely on God each day for our sustenance and spiritual nourishment. Faith and ObedienceTrusting in God's provision requires faith and obedience. The Israelites had to follow God's instructions regarding the collection of manna. Spiritual SustenanceManna symbolizes the spiritual nourishment we receive from God's Word and from Christ, the true bread from heaven. Gratitude and ContentmentRecognizing God's provision should lead us to gratitude and contentment, rather than grumbling or dissatisfaction. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the provision of manna in the wilderness demonstrate God's faithfulness to the Israelites, and how can we see His faithfulness in our own lives today? 2. In what ways does the daily gathering of manna teach us about our need for daily spiritual nourishment from God's Word? 3. How does Jesus' teaching in John 6 about being the "bread of life" deepen our understanding of the significance of manna? 4. What are some practical ways we can cultivate gratitude and contentment in our lives, recognizing God's provision? 5. How can we apply the lesson of faith and obedience from the Israelites' experience with manna to our own walk with God? Connections to Other Scriptures John 6:31-35Jesus refers to Himself as the "bread of life," drawing a parallel between the manna provided in the wilderness and His own role as spiritual sustenance. Numbers 11:7-9Describes the appearance and preparation of manna, providing additional context to its significance and the Israelites' experience. Deuteronomy 8:3Emphasizes that man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord, highlighting the spiritual lesson behind the provision of manna. People Aaron, Ephah, Israelites, MosesPlaces Canaan, Elim, Sin Desert, SinaiTopics Appeared, Bare, Behold, Desert, Dew, Drops, Evaporated, Face, Fine, Flake-like, Flakes, Floor, Frost, Granular, Ground, Hoar, Hoarfrost, Hoar-frost, Ice, Lay, Layer, Lying, Round, Scale-like, Surface, Thin, WildernessDictionary of Bible Themes Exodus 16:1-14 4478 meat Exodus 16:1-30 8131 guidance, results Exodus 16:11-14 1355 providence Exodus 16:11-15 1416 miracles, nature of Exodus 16:12-15 4954 morning
5341 hunger Exodus 16:13-14 4814 dew
7968 spiritual gifts, nature of Exodus 16:13-18 1330 God, the provider Exodus 16:14-19 4418 bread Library The Bread of God
'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. 5. And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. 6. And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the Lord hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureSeptember the Twenty-Eighth the Daily Manna
"I will rain bread from heaven for you." --EXODUS xvi. 11-18. And this gracious provision is made for people who are complaining, and who are sighing for the flesh-pots of Egypt! Our Lord can be patient with the impatient: He can be "kind to the unthankful." If it were easy to drive the Lord away I should have succeeded long ago. I have murmured, I have sulked, I have turned Him out of my thoughts, and "He stands at the door and knocks!" I yearn for "the flesh-pots," "He sends me manna," "Was …
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year Dining with a Pharisee. Sabbath Healing and Three Lessons Suggested by the Event.
(Probably Peræa.) ^C Luke XIV. 1-24. ^c 1 And it came to pass, when he went into the house of one of the rulers of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him. [The Pharisees were an unorganized party, hence their rulers were such not by office, but by influence. Those who were members of the Sanhedrin, or who were distinguished among the rabbis, might fitly be spoken of as rulers among them. The context favors the idea that Jesus was invited for the purpose of being …
J. W. McGarvey—The Four-Fold Gospel The Beauty and Glory of the Risen Body.
We have seen in the foregoing chapters that, in the Beatific Vision, the human soul sees, loves, and enjoys God, and that her essential happiness consists in that unfailing, blessed vision. But, although the blessedness she now enjoys is far greater than words can express, it is not yet integral or complete, and never will be, except when she is again clothed in her own body, beautified, and glorified after the likeness of her Saviour's body. However, although her happiness is not yet complete, you …
F. J. Boudreaux—The Happiness of Heaven Questions About the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-Day Sabbath.
AND PROOF, THAT THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK IS THE TRUE CHRISTIAN SABBATH. BY JOHN BUNYAN. 'The Son of man is lord also of the Sabbath day.' London: Printed for Nath, Ponder, at the Peacock in the Poultry, 1685. EDITOR'S ADVERTISEMENT. All our inquiries into divine commands are required to be made personally, solemnly, prayerful. To 'prove all things,' and 'hold fast' and obey 'that which is good,' is a precept, equally binding upon the clown, as it is upon the philosopher. Satisfied from our observations …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Tithing
There are few subjects on which the Lord's own people are more astray than on the subject of giving. They profess to take the Bible as their own rule of faith and practice, and yet in the matter of Christian finance, the vast majority have utterly ignored its plain teachings and have tried every substitute the carnal mind could devise; therefore it is no wonder that the majority of Christian enterprises in the world today are handicapped and crippled through the lack of funds. Is our giving to be …
Arthur W. Pink—Tithing The Personality of Power.
A Personally Conducted Journey. Everyone enjoys the pleasure of travel; but nearly all shrink back from its tiresomeness and drudgery. The transportation companies are constantly scheming to overcome this disagreeable side for both pleasure and business travel. One of the popular ways of pleasure travel of late is by means of personally conducted tours. A party is formed, often by the railroad company, and is accompanied by a special agent to attend to all the business matters of the trip. A variation …
S.D. Gordon—Quiet Talks on Power Epistle xvii. To Felix, Bishop of Messana.
To Felix, Bishop of Messana. To our most reverend brother, the Bishop Felix, Gregory, servant of the servants of God [246] . Our Head, which is Christ, to this end has willed us to be His members, that through His large charity and faithfulness He might make us one body in Himself, to whom it befits us so to cling that, since without Him we can do nothing, through Him we may be enabled to be what we are called. From the citadel of the Head let nothing divide us, lest, if we refuse to be His members, …
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great How Subjects and Prelates are to be Admonished.
(Admonition 5.) Differently to be admonished are subjects and prelates: the former that subjection crush them not, the latter that superior place elate them not: the former that they fail not to fulfil what is commanded them, the latter that they command not more to be fulfilled than is just: the former that they submit humbly, the latter that they preside temperately. For this, which may be understood also figuratively, is said to the former, Children, obey your parents in the Lord: but to …
Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great 1 to Pray is as it were to be on Speaking Terms with Me...
1. To pray is as it were to be on speaking terms with Me, and so by being in communion with and abiding in Me to become like Me. There is a kind of insect which feeds upon and lives among grass and green leaves and becomes like them in colour. Also the polar bear dwelling among the white snows has the same snowy whiteness, and the tiger of Bengal bears upon its skin the marks of the reeds among which it lives. So those, who by means of prayer abide in communion with Me partake, with the saints and …
Sadhu Sundar Singh—At The Master's Feet Appendix viii. Rabbinic Traditions About Elijah, the Forerunner of the Messiah
To complete the evidence, presented in the text, as to the essential difference between the teaching of the ancient Synagogue about the Forerunner of the Messiah' and the history and mission of John the Baptist, as described in the New Testaments, we subjoin a full, though condensed, account of the earlier Rabbinic traditions about Elijah. Opinions differ as to the descent and birthplace of Elijah. According to some, he was from the land of Gilead (Bemid. R. 14), and of the tribe of Gad (Tanch. on …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah The Deity of the Holy Spirit.
In the preceding chapter we have seen clearly that the Holy Spirit is a Person. But what sort of a Person is He? Is He a finite person or an infinite person? Is He God? This question also is plainly answered in the Bible. There are in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments five distinct and decisive lines of proof of the Deity of the Holy Spirit. I. Each of the four distinctively Divine attributes is ascribed to the Holy Spirit. What are the distinctively Divine attributes? Eternity, omnipresence, …
R. A. Torrey—The Person and Work of The Holy Spirit Exodus
The book of Exodus--so named in the Greek version from the march of Israel out of Egypt--opens upon a scene of oppression very different from the prosperity and triumph in which Genesis had closed. Israel is being cruelly crushed by the new dynasty which has arisen in Egypt (i.) and the story of the book is the story of her redemption. Ultimately it is Israel's God that is her redeemer, but He operates largely by human means; and the first step is the preparation of a deliverer, Moses, whose parentage, …
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