Exodus 16:35
in Exodus 16The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
KJV
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
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This verse in Exodus 16
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Did eat manna forty years - This does not necessarily imply that the Israelites were fed exclusively on manna, or that the supply was continuous during forty years: but that whenever it might be needed, owing to the total or partial failure of other food, it was given until they entered the promised land.
This site's exposition
did eat manna forty years
on Exodus 16:35-36
The supply runs the whole wilderness period, and Joshua 5:12 records the morning it stopped, the day after they ate of the old corn of the land at Gilgal. Bread fell from heaven for exactly as long as there was no other bread. The chapter then defines an omer as the tenth part of an ephah, which is a line written for readers who no longer measured that way.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
Let us also see if we are able to find Quadragesima's mystical number somewhere else in the Scriptures. We read that holy Moses fed the children of Israel with heavenly manna in the desert for the space of forty years. Good is the number, then, …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years,....
The manna they gathered must not be hoarded up, but eaten; those that have received Christ must by faith live upon him, and not receive his grace in vain. There was manna enough for all, enough for each, and none had too much; so in Christ there is a complete sufficiency, and no superfluity.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The children of Israel did eat manna forty years - From this verse it has been supposed that the book of Exodus was not written till after the miracle of the manna had ceased. But these words might have been added by Ezra, who under the direction of the Divine Spirit collected and digested the different inspired books, adding such supplementary, explanatory, and connecting sentences, as were deemed proper to complete and arrange the whole of the sacred canon. For previously to his time, according to the universal testimony of the Jews, all the books of the Old Testament were found in an unconnected and dispersed state.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אָֽכְל֤וּ | ʾakhelu | they ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמָּן֙ | haman | the manna | H4478 → | 14 times |
| אַרְבָּעִ֣ים | ʾarbaim | forty | H705 → | 136 times |
| שָׁנָ֔ה | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בֹּאָ֖ם | boam | came they | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | a land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| נוֹשָׁ֑בֶת | noshavet | inhabited | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמָּן֙ | haman | the manna | H4478 → | 14 times |
| אָֽכְל֔וּ | ʾakhelu | they ate | H398 → | 810 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בֹּאָ֕ם | boam | came they | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| קְצֵ֖ה | ketzeh | [the] border of | H7097 → | 97 times |
| אֶ֥רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| כְּנָֽעַן׃ | kenaan | Canaan | H3667 → | 94 times |
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] people of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אָֽכְל֤וּthey ate
ʾakheluH398 →810 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמָּן֙the manna
hamanH4478 →14 times
אַרְבָּעִ֣יםforty
ʾarbaimH705 →136 times
שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
בֹּאָ֖םcame they
boamH935 →2568 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֣רֶץa land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
נוֹשָׁ֑בֶתinhabited
noshavetH3427 →1079 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמָּן֙the manna
hamanH4478 →14 times
אָֽכְל֔וּthey ate
ʾakheluH398 →810 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
בֹּאָ֕םcame they
boamH935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
קְצֵ֖ה[the] border of
ketzehH7097 →97 times
אֶ֥רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
כְּנָֽעַן׃Canaan
kenaanH3667 →94 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 33:38At the LORD’s command, Aaron the priest climbed Mount Hor and died there on the first day of the fifth month, in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 10:6
The Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
- Deuteronomy 32:50
And there on the mountain that you climb, you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
- Numbers 20:24–28
“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.
- Deuteronomy 10:6
Through
Joshua 5:12And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of…
it leads to
- Revelation 7:16–17
‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- Nehemiah 9:20–21
You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.
- Isaiah 65:13–14
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be…
- Deuteronomy 6:10–11
And when the LORD your God brings you into the land He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He would give you—a land with great and splendid cities that you…
- Proverbs 13:22
A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous.
- Revelation 7:16–17
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Maximus of Turin, SERMON 50.3.