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A Precise Turning Point
Commentators highlight the specific timing mentioned in this verse. The Israelites arrived in the Wilderness of Sin on the 15th day of the second month, exactly one month after leaving Egypt. This chronological marker is significant because, as scholars note, it's precisely when their initial provisions from Egypt would have run out.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 16:1
18th Century
Theologian
The wilderness of Sin - The desert tract, called Debbet er Ramleh, extends nearly across the peninsula from the Wady Nasb in a south-easterl…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 16:1
19th Century
Bishop
JOURNEY FROM ELIM.—THE MANNA GIVEN.
They took their journey from Elim. The stay at Elim was proba…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 16:1–2
19th Century
Preacher
They have been only about six weeks in the wilderness, and already they are up in arms against their leaders. Remember that we have the same kind o…
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John Calvin
On Exodus 16:1
16th Century
Theologian
And they took their journey. Moses relates that when, after a month, the people came to the wilderness of Sin near Mount Sinai, and when t…
John Gill
On Exodus 16:1
17th Century
Pastor
And they took their journey from Elim
And came again to the Red sea, as appears from (Numbers 33:10) per…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 16:1–12
17th Century
Minister
The provisions of Israel, brought from Egypt, were spent by the middle of the second month, and they murmured. It is nothing new for the greatest k…