Exonus XVI. t generations , that they may fee the bread which Ihave given you to eatein the wit- derneffe, when I brought you forth from 33 the land of Egypt. And Mofes faid unto Aaron , Take thou one golden pot,and put there an Omer full of Manna, and lay it up before Iehovah, for a refervation for your 34 generations. As Iehovah commandedunto Mofes, fo Aaron laid it up before the Telli- 35 monie, for a refervation. And the fonnes of Ifrael did eat Manna forty yeeres, until they came to a land inhabited : they did eat Man- na =ill they carne unto the border of the land of Canaan. Now an Omer is the tenth (part) of an Ephah. 36 Annotations. I f'%F Sin] after they had beetie againe by the LJredfea; which journey here omitted, Motes expreffeth in Nutitb. 33. 19. t r. It had the name of Sin a ftrong chie of Egypt, neere which this wilderneffe lay, Ezek.3o.r 5.r 6. The wilderneffe whereinto God brought his people, was a place of great wants and aflli &ions,as is noted on Exo. 5.18. therein God tried their faith and patience, and ruffledtheir manners fortyyeares, A &. 13. r 8. It figured the peoples of the world,through whom God leadeth his Church; as it is Paid, I mill bring you into the wtldernef e of the peoples and there will I plead withyyose face to face, al I pleadedwithyeur fathers, in the rei!derneffi of the land of Egypt, Ezek.2o.3 5.36. Sinai] the mount called alto Horeb, where the Law was given; fee Exod.3. r. and 19. 1.18. after] or, from their departing : fo an whole nioneth, they lived of their provifion brought out of Egypt: which being (pent they murmtire. Here the Hebrew letfeth, of departure, is put for . mitfeth,from or after their departure: fo in Exo., 9.1. Numb.33. 38. Ezr.3.8. The Scripture fometinte theweth this, as laieketb, t. King.I2.24. is explai- ned ,ldlleketh, from going, 2. Chron.r 1.4. 3 Verf 3. G we with] Hebr. who widgize : which is a wills , oh that t Tome mould give ; or, that God would grant ; namely, to have ones requelt, as is explay- ued in Iab 61. by the haed;]theChaldee faith, by the word t the Greeke explaineth it, fmitten of the Lord. This was in them a defperate unthankful- neffe, with contumelious carriage againft God and his niinifters : and is written for an enfam- pie to us,not to doe the like, as r. Con' o. r o. t t: So they murmured againe, Numb. 4.2. this wbokaembly] or, all this Church. The wilderneffe whereinto God brought his people, was a landof drought, and of, the (badewof death; a land that no man paffèd through, and where no mandwelt, Ier.z.6. They that wandred there , hungry and thistly , their flute fainted in tbem,Pill. r 07.5. There the Lord affiilied !Mad , arid fuffeed them to hunger , that hee might prove them , and doe them good at their latter end, Daut. 8, 5. 16. But as yet, this generation had 59 had not prepared theirheart aright , and their,irit w s not faithful! with God, Pfal.78.8. Verl.4.bread]Manna the wheat of beaven,where- of they made themfelvesbreador meat, Pfal. 78. 24. portion] Hebr. word : put for any thing: and here for the pórtion of meat by the day. Whereby God taught them alto, to take no thought for tile morrow, what they fhould gate or drinke ; as Matth.6.3 x.34. prove them] or tempt them, Heb. butt, meaning the peoples, fpoken of as of one man. Therefore the Scripture ufeth thfe indifferently , as is (hewed on Lien, 22 .,7. And this end of proving (or tempting) the people, is alto mentioned in Deut.8. z. Exod. 15.25. VerC 5. then thy (hall ] Hebr. and they 'hall pre- pare. This is meant of every lìxt day, the evening of the Sabbath ; then were they to make ready their food, that there might bee no working, or fire kindled on the Sabbath day ; as verfè 23. and Exod.35.3. day by day] that is, daily: fee Genefis 3 9.10. Verf.6. Iebovah bath brought] and not we of our £elves, aswas obje&ed, verfè 3. So hee affureth then, (by the miracle of Qaailes which God would give)that their calling into that place and (late, was of the Lord. Vert. 7. the glory] a edible ligne of Chrilts glo= lions pretence among them," appearing in the clouds,as verfe I o. to affire them, that the Lord was with then( in the niidft of all their wants: (whereof they alto doubted now,as againe after- ward,in Exodus t 7. y.) and that hee heard their murmurings. By filch apparitions God ufed to repreffe the peoples tumultuous rage,Num. r4. io. and 16.42. and la. 5. But when he withdrew the cloud , it was a fgne of his face and favour withdrawne from them, Exod.33.7,9. t o. Or by the gloryof Iehoveih, may bee meant that glorious worke of his , the Mannawhich they taw In the morning, verfe i 5. So Chrifts divine worke, in raifing Lazarus from the dead, is called the glory of God Loh. 11.40. So glory is uled for glorious wor ces, in Numb.14. a 1.2 2. VerLS. This (hall be] or underltand from verfe 6. yee (hall know this. Such wants are often to bee fupplied, as in Exod.4. 5. not againfl us,] to wit, to only, or, us fo much as agalnit the Lord -: for it was alto again(} them, verfe 2. The like fpeech is in t.Sam.8.7. Ioh., 2.44. See alto Gen. 32.28. again(! Iehavah]the Chaldee expoundS it, again(i the word of the Lord. Ver .9. before Iebovab] that is , affemble Loge- ther before the cloud ; wherein Iehivabs glorious pretence was manifelled, verfe I o. So Vzzah died before God, t Gluon. 13. to. that is, bf the Ark of God; 2. Sam. 6.7. And the commandement to ap- peare before the Lord Iehovah , Exod. 53. 17. was at the place which hee did chufe to put his name there; namely, the Tabernacle,orTemple,Deut. 12.5.6.Levit.17.4.5. s.King.r4.zr. Verlio. the wjlderneffe] where the cloudwënt before the people to guideethem, Exod, a 3. z t . Vertu. between the two evenings] towards even- tide, as the Greeke explaineth it : fèe Exod.12.6. The 4 6 8 9 lO I2
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