Introduction
Problems for Moses over lack of food.
Questions
1. What was the complaint of the children of Israel to Moses and Aaron?
v 3 ... the children of Israel said to them, “We wish that we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
2. How was the manna described?
v 14 When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.
and v 31 ... it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
3. On what day was there an exception to the rule that manna was not to be kept overnight?
v 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one ...
and v 24 They laid it up until the morning, as Moses ordered, and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it.
Summary Points
- v 1 to 3 The Israelites travel to the wilderness of Sin and grumble to Moses because they have no food
- v 4 to 12 The LORD says he has heard their murmurings against him and will provide food for them
v 13 to 31 The LORD gives them quails and manna. They are given enough manna each day for their needs, and enough on the sixth day of the week to tide them over the seventh day. Some are disobedient and ignore what God has told Moses. Some keep manna overnight and others go out on the sabbath to collect it
v 32 to 36 Israel are to keep a pot of manna before the Lord to remind them of his care for them throughout their 40 years in the wilderness