Exodus 16:14 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 16:14

When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

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ASV

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.

KJV

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

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Commentary

3 voices

Origen of Alexandria

COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 1:4 (253)

But if there are some who have come out of Egypt and, following the pillar of fire and cloud, are entering the wilderness, then he comes down from heaven to them and offers them a small, thin food, like to the food of angels; so that "man eats the bread of angels."

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing - It appears that this small round thing fell with the dew, or rather the dew fell first, and this substance fell on it. The dew might have been intended to cool the ground, that the manna on its fall might not be dissolved; for we find from Exo 16:21, that the heat of the sun melted it. The ground therefore being sufficiently cooled by the dew, the manna lay unmelted long enough for the Israelites to collect a sufficient quantity for their dally use.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Though it may be exhaled by the heat and afterwards fall with the dew, it is a medicine, not food--it is well known to the natives of the desert, while the Israelites were strangers to theirs; and in taste as well as in the appearance of double quantity on Friday, none on Sabbath, and in not breeding worms, it is essentially different from the manna furnished to the Israelites.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתַּ֖עַל	va.Ta.'al	and it went up	H5927 →
שִׁכְבַ֣ת	shikh.Vat	[the] layer of	H7902 →
הַטָּ֑ל	ha.Tal	<the> dew	H2919 →
וְהִנֵּ֞ה	ve.hi.Neh	and there!	H2009 →
עַל־	'al-	[was] on	H5921 →
פְּנֵ֤י	pe.Nei	[the] surface of	H6440 →
הַמִּדְבָּר֙	ha.mid.Bar	the wilderness	H4057 →
דַּ֣ק	dak	thin [stuff]	H1851 →
מְחֻסְפָּ֔ס	me.chus.Pas	flake-like	H2636 →
דַּ֥ק	dak	thin [stuff]	H1851 →
כַּכְּפֹ֖ר	ka.ke.For	like <the> frost	H3713 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָאָֽרֶץ׃	ha.'A.retz	the ground	H776 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H4057hamidbarthe wilderness270×

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone,…
leads to
- Matthew 4:4
  But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
- Luke 4:4
  But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
- Hebrews 13:5–6
  Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- 1 Corinthians 10:3
  They all ate the same spiritual food
- Psalms 78:23–25
  Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
Through
Psalms 78:24
He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
leads to
- Exodus 16:4
  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 8:3
  He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone,…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Nehemiah 9:15
In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to…
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:3–4
  They all ate the same spiritual food

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