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A Test of Daily Trust
God's provision of manna was also a test. Commentators explain that by providing only enough for one day at a time, God was testing Israel's obedience and trust. They were being taught to depend on His daily providence rather than their own efforts to hoard and secure their future. This principle of daily dependence remains a key lesson for believers.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 16:4
18th Century
Theologian
That I may prove them - The trial consisted in the restriction to the supply of their daily wants.
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 16:4
19th Century
Bishop
I will rain bread from heaven for you. — This first announcement at once suggests that the supply is to be supernatural. …
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 16:4
19th Century
Preacher
See God's answer to man's murmuring. They send up their complaint, and he promises to rain bread down from above. It is a blessed story on God's pa…
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John Calvin
On Exodus 16:4
16th Century
Theologian
Then said the Lord unto Moses. It is probable that Moses passes over much in silence, because it is unlikely that the insolence of the peo…
John Gill
On Exodus 16:4
17th Century
Pastor
Then said the Lord to Moses
Who no doubt has been praying to him, as was his usual manner, when the people were in d…
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…