Exodus 16:4 BSB — MannaFest

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 will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

BSB

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ASV

Then said Jehovah unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2332: “Lessons From the Manna” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1893)

IT seems to us that it must have been a very difficult thing to supply food for the hundreds of thousands, I shall not be incorrect if I say the millions who were in the wilderness. But, difficult as that was, the commissariat was not so difficult as the education. To train that mob of slaves into a nation under discipline—to lift up those who had been in bondage and make them fit to enjoy national privileges—this was the Herculean task that Moses had to perform.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מֹשֶׁ֔ה	mo.Sheh	Moses	H4872 →
הִנְנִ֨י	hi.Ni	here I	H2005 →
מַמְטִ֥יר	mam.Tir	[am] about to rain down	H4305 →
לָכֶ֛ם	la.Khem	for <the> you
לֶ֖חֶם	Le.chem	bread	H3899 →
מִן־	min-	from	H4480 →
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם	ha.sha.Ma.yim	the heavens	H8064 →
וְיָצָ֨א	ve.ya.Tza'	and it will go out	H3318 →
הָעָ֤ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
וְלָֽקְטוּ֙	ve.la.ke.Tu	and they will gather	H3950 →
דְּבַר־	de.var-	a matter of	H1697 →
י֣וֹם	Yom	a day	H3117 →
בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ	be.yo.Mo	in day its	H3117 →
לְמַ֧עַן	le.Ma.'an	so that	H4616 →
אֲנַסֶּ֛נּוּ	'a.nas.Se.nu	I should put to [the] test it	H5254 →
הֲיֵלֵ֥ךְ	ha.ye.Lekh	¿ will it walk	H1980 →
בְּתוֹרָתִ֖י	be.to.ra.Ti	in law my	H8451 →
אִם־	'im-	or?	H518 →
לֹֽא׃	Lo'	not	H3808 →

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

The walk

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Where the connections lead

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 8:2
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your…
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:7
  so that the proven character of your faith—more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- James 1:3
  because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.
- Deuteronomy 8:16
  He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
- Deuteronomy 2:7
  Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these…
- 1 Peter 5:5–6
  Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
Through
1 Corinthians 10:3
They all ate the same spiritual food
leads to
- 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
Deuteronomy 8:16
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
leads to
- James 1:12
  Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
- Exodus 16:15
  When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you…