the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Exode 16:35
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Les enfants d'Isra�l mang�rent la manne pendant quarante ans, jusqu'� leur arriv�e dans un pays habit�; ils mang�rent la manne jusqu'� leur arriv�e aux fronti�res du pays de Canaan.
Et les enfants d'Isra�l mang�rent la Manne durant quarante ans, jusqu'� ce qu'ils furent parvenus en un pays habit�; ils mang�rent, [dis-je], la Manne, jusqu'� ce qu'ils furent parvenus aux fronti�res du pays de Chanaan.
Et les fils d'Isra�l mang�rent la manne quarante ans, jusqu'� ce qu'ils entr�rent dans un pays habit�; ils mang�rent la manne jusqu'� leur arriv�e � la fronti�re du pays de Canaan.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
forty years: Numbers 33:38, Deuteronomy 8:2, Deuteronomy 8:3, Nehemiah 9:15, Nehemiah 9:20, Nehemiah 9:21, Psalms 78:24, Psalms 78:25, John 6:30-58
until they came to: Joshua 5:12
the borders: Numbers 33:48-50, Deuteronomy 1:8, Deuteronomy 34:1-4
Reciprocal: Numbers 26:10 - earth opened Deuteronomy 29:6 - eaten bread 1 Kings 17:6 - the ravens Proverbs 30:8 - feed Matthew 4:4 - but John 6:31 - fathers Acts 13:18 - about 1 Corinthians 10:3 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years,.... Wanting thirty days, as Jarchi observes; reckoning from their coming out of Egypt, and the passover they kept there, to their coming to the borders of the land of Canaan to Gilgal, and keeping the passover there, when the manna ceased, were just forty years; but then they had been out of Egypt a month before the manna fell; but the round number is given, as is common: it was on the sixteenth of Ijar, the second month, the manna fell; and it was in the month of Nisan, about the sixteenth or seventeenth of the month, that it ceased, see Joshua 5:10
until they came to a land inhabited: where the ground was cultivated, and corn was produced to make bread of, which could not be had in a wilderness; and therefore God graciously provided for them every day, and fed them with manna till they came to such a place:
they did eat manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan; that is, Gilgal: the Targum of Jonathan is,
"they ate manna forty years in the life of Moses, until they came unto the land of habitation; they ate manna forty days after his death, until they passed over Jordan, and entered the extremities of the land of Canaan:''
some have thought this verse was not written by Moses, but Joshua, or some other hand after his death since he did not live quite to the cessation of the manna; which need not be much disputed or objected to; though it may be considered that Moses led Israel to the borders of the land of Canaan, though he did not go with them so far as Gilgal, and died before the manna ceased; yet, as he was assured of it, he could write this in certain faith of it, and especially by a spirit of prophecy: this signifies that the children of God are to live by faith upon Christ, while they are in the wilderness of this world; nor will this spiritual food be wanting to them while in it; but when they are come to Canaan's land, to the heavenly glory, they will no more walk and live by faith, but by sight: the word and ordinances will then cease; Christ will be no more held forth to them in that way, but they shall see him as he is, and behold his glory,
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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. They had numerous flocks and herds, which were not slaughtered (see Numbers 11:22), but which gave them milk, cheese and of course a limited supply of flesh: nor is there any reason to suppose that during a considerable part of that time they may not have cultivated some spots of fertile ground in the wilderness. We may assume, as in most cases of miracle, that the supernatural supply was commensurate with their actual necessity. The manna was not withheld in fact until the Israelites had passed the Jordan.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Exodus 16:35. 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.
