15. And when the children of Ifrael faw it, they faid one to another, It is manna: for they wift not what it was. And Mofes faid unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to given you to

eat.

15. It is manna: Or, What is this Or, It is a portion well with what fol What is this? agres lows, For they wift not what it was. This is: Joh, 6. 31. 1 Cor. 10. 3.

16. An omer: See the Notes on v.36. By the poll or head. For every man: Heb. Perfons: Heb. Sonts.

16. This is the thing which the LORD bath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eat. ing: an omer for every man, ace cording to the number of your per-.. fons, take ye every man for them which are in his tents..

17. And the children of Ifrael did fo, and gathered fome more, fome lefs.

18. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little, had no lack: they gathered every man according to his eating.

than an Omer

17. Some more, fome lefs: Or, Both he that (gathered) more, and he that (gathered) lefs.

18.Gathered much, &c. 2 Cor. 8. 15. He that had more in Family, and therefore gathered more, did not, when he did mete it, find more for a perfon.

19. And Mofes faid, Let no man leave of it till the morning.

20. Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Mofes, but fome of them left of it untill the morning, and it bred worms and ftank: And Mofes was wroth with them.

21. And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the fun waxed hot, it melted.

21. Melted: By which they were taught to feek it early.

íž. And

22. And it came to pass that on the fixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Mofes.

23. And be faid unto them, This is that which the LORD hath faid, To morrow is the rest of the holy fabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake, to day, and feeth that ye will feeth; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept untill the morning.

24. And they laid it up till the morning, as Mofes bade and it did not ftink, neither was there any worm therein.

25. And Mofes faid, Eat that to day; for to day is a fabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field,

26. Six days ye shall gather it, but on the feventh day which is the fabbath, in it there jhall be none.

27. And it came to pass, that there went out fome of the people on the feventh day for to gather, and they found

none.

28. And the LORD faid unto Mofes, How long re fufe ye to keep my commandments and my laws.

29. See, for that the LORD hath given you the fabbath, there fore he giveth you on the fixth day the bread of two days: abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the feventh day.

29. Go out of his place: i. e. Out of the Camp of Ifrael.

Vid. Levit. 23.3. It

was lawful to go to their Synagogues, Act. 15. 21. Hence the Jews have determined it unlawfull to go beyond the Suburbs of a City on the Sabbath day; which they confine to two thousand Cubits, Numb. 35. 5. This space is a Sabbath days Journey, ¦ Act. 1. 12.

30. So the people refted on the feventh day. 31. And the house of Ifrael called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander-feed, white;

31. Taste of it, &c. • This was the tafte of it unprepared, when it was prepared it . had

and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

had another tafte,viz the tafte of fresh Oy! Num. 11. 8.

32. And Mofes faid, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations, that they may fee the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

33. And Mofes faid unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

34. As the LORD commanded Mofes, fo Aaron laid it up before the Teftimony, to be kept.

35. And the children of Ifrael did eat manna forty years, untill they came to a land inhabited: they did eat manna, untill they came unto the borders of the land of Ca

naan.

36. Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

34 Laid it up: When the Taberna

cle was after this built.

35: Forty years, &c. Josh. 5. Neh. 9. 15.

12:

36. An omer is the tenth part of an ephah: The Ephab

contained of our Measure very near a Bufhel, three Seahs [Vid. LXXII. and Onkel.] and the Omer here is the tenth part. The Homer which is mentioned, Ezek. 45. 11. is not the fame meafure with the Omer here, and is other wife written in the Hebrew.

CHAP.

CHA P. XVII.

The ARGUMENT.

The Ifraelites come to Rephidim. They murmur for want of Water. God fends them Water out of a Rock, Amalek fights against the Ifraelites. Jofhua encounters them. Mofes goes up to the top of an Hill, and holds up his Hands. Whiles he did fo the Ifraelites prevail against Amalek. God threatens Amalek. An Altar built. JEHOVAH-niffi.

1. AND all the congregation of

1. After their jour

the children of Ifrael neys: Which journeyed from the wilderness of Journeys are elfeSin, after their journeys, accordwhere more particuing to the commandment of the larly related, Num. LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: 33. 12, 13, 14. and there was no water for the people to drink. 2. Wherefore the people did chide with Mofes, and faid, Give us water that we may drink. Mofes faid unto them, Why chide you with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?

And

2. Wherefore: V. Num.20.4. Wherefare do ye tempt the LORD? i.e. Wherediftrust and difconfore do ye by your tent question the

Power and Care of the Lord? vid. Matt. 16. 1. Pfal. 78. 18, 19. See v. 7.

3. And the people thirfted there for water; and the people murmured against Mofes, and faid, Wherefore is this that thou haft brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children, and our cattel with thirst?

4. And Mofes cried unto the LORD, faying, what fhall I do into this people? they be almost rea dy to ftone me.

A 2

4. Cried: i. e. Prayed as he was wont to do in ftraits, C. 14. 15. C.15.25.

S. And

5. And the LORD faid unto Mofes, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Ifrael: and thy rod wherewith thou Smoteft the river, take in thine band, and go.

6. Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb, and thou shalt fmite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Mofes did fo in the fight of the elders of Ifrael.

5. The elders: As competent witnesses of the wonderfull Power of God. Vid.

c.3.16. Thou smot.eft: c. 7.20.

6. Behold, Num. 20.9. Pf. 78.15.and 105.41. Wild. 11.4. ftand: i. e. The PilI Cor. 10. 4. I will lar of Cloud (the fign of my Prefence among you) fhall ftand upon the Rock,

&c. Water out of it: Though the Rock were unlikely to afford it. This fpeaks the Power of God, and does also reprefent Chrift, and the Benefits which we receive by him, 1 Cor. 10.4. Joh. 7. 37.

7. And he called the name of the place, Maffah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Ifrael, and because they tempted the LORD, faying, Is the LORD among us, or not?

8. Then came Amalek, and fought with Ifrael in Rephidim.

7. Maffah: That is, tentation. Meribah: That is, chiding, LORD, &c. See the Notes on v.2.

Is the

8. Then came : Deut. 25. 17. Wisd. 11.3. Amalek: i.e.

The Amalekites, who were defcended from Amalek, one of the Sons of Eliphaz, the firft-born of Efan, Gen. 36.

15, 16.

9. And Mofes faid unto Joshua,

9. Joshua: CalChoose us out men, and go out, fight led Jefus, Act. 7.

with Amalek: to morrow I will 45.

Stand on the top of the hill, with

the rod of God in mine hand.