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Provision Requires Responsibility
Commentators explain that God's miraculous provision of manna did not eliminate human responsibility. The Israelites had to rise early and gather it each morning. As John Gill and Matthew Henry note, the fact that the ungathered manna melted when the sun grew hot served as a daily lesson in diligence, teaching the people to act promptly and not neglect God's gift.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 16:21
18th Century
Theologian
It melted - This refers to the manna which was not gathered.
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 16:19–22
19th Century
Preacher
He had told them that it would be so, but they evidently did not accept the message that he had delivered to them as the very Word of Jehovah their…
John Gill
On Exodus 16:21
17th Century
Pastor
And they gathered it every morning
From the time the morning began, during four hours, or to the fourth hour, as the…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 16:13–21
17th Century
Minister
At evening the quails came up, and the people caught with ease as many as they needed. The manna came down in dew. They called it ���Manna, Manhu,�…