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Exodus 16
By Skip Heitzig
Exodus 16

At first, the children of Israel celebrated their deliverance--but then they looked back to Egypt. In the midst of their grumbling, the Lord showered them with grace and rained manna from heaven. As we examine Exodus 16, we learn more about God's faithfulness and discover some interesting parallels between that bread from heaven and the true Bread from heaven: Jesus Christ.

From the teaching series 02 Exodus - 2011

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Exodus 16 (NKJV™)
1	And they journeyed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they departed from the land of Egypt.
2	Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
3	And the children of Israel said to them, "Oh, that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger."
4	Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not.
5	"And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily."
6	Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening you shall know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt.
7	"And in the morning you shall see the glory of the LORD; for He hears your complaints against the LORD. But what are we, that you complain against us?"
8	Also Moses said, "This shall be seen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD."
9	Then Moses spoke to Aaron, "Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near before the LORD, for He has heard your complaints.'"
10	Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
11	And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
12	"I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the LORD your God.'"
13	So it was that quails came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp.
14	And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground.
15	So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
16	"This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: 'Let every man gather it according to each one's need, one omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.'"
17	Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less.
18	So when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one's need.
19	And Moses said, "Let no one leave any of it till morning."
20	Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.
21	So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.
22	And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
23	Then he said to them, "This is what the LORD has said: 'Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.'"
24	So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it.
25	Then Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the field.
26	"Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, there will be none."
27	Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none.
28	And the LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?
29	"See! For the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day."
30	So the people rested on the seventh day.
31	And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
32	Then Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: 'Fill an omer with it, to be kept for your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"
33	And Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations."
34	As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
35	And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
36	Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.

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<p><strong>Exodus 16 - Exodus 16</strong><br /> From the series: 02 Exodus - 2011<br /> <em>By Skip Heitzig </em><p></p> <p><strong>MESSAGE SUMMARY</strong></p> <p>At first, the children of Israel celebrated their deliverance--but then they looked back to Egypt. In the midst of their grumbling, the Lord showered them with grace and rained manna from heaven. As we examine Exodus 16, we learn more about God's faithfulness and discover some interesting parallels between that bread from heaven and the true Bread from heaven: Jesus Christ.</p> <p><strong>DETAILED NOTES </strong></p> <p><ol type="I"><li>Introduction <ol type="A"> <li>So far, everything has been a gift to the children of Israel <ol> <li>They didn't send 10 plagues, God did</li> <li>They didn't open the water, God did</li> <li>They didn't keep themselves cool, God did</li> <li>They didn't provide light at night, God did</li> <li>They had to "Stand still and see the salvation of the LORD" (<span class='verse'>Exodus 14:13</span>)</li> </ol> </li> <li>Like salvation: a free gift of God <ol> <li>Based on what Jesus did on the cross</li> <li>God gives salvation</li> <li>"Not of works, lest anyone should boast." (<span class='verse'>Ephesians 2:9</span>)</li> </ol> </li> <li>Exodus 15 – praise and worship</li> <li>Exodus 16 – praise turns to panic; worship turns to worry <ol> <li>They are hungry</li> <li>Have seen miracles, but it's as if they have forgotten</li> <li>We forget what we should remember and remember what we should forget</li> <li>Miracles dazzle for a moment; unbelief is a strong current <ol type="a"> <li>When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, the Pharisees plotted to destroy Jesus</li> <li>"For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth. Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you, " (<span class='verse'>2 Peter 1:12-13</span>)</li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li>When they complain, God gives grace <ol> <li>He doesn't give them what they deserve</li> <li>He doesn't give us what we deserve <ol type="a"> <li>Death</li> <li>Hell</li> <li>"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (<span class='verse'>Romans 6:23</span>)</li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol></li><li>Exodus 16</li><li>Journey from Elim to the Wilderness of Sin <ol type="A"> <li>Elim – an oasis; 12 wells, 70 palm trees (see <span class='verse'>Exodus 15:27</span>) <ol> <li>Sin – portion of the Sinai Peninsula</li> <li>Children of Israel Complain</li> </ol> </li> <li>Against Moses and Aaron <ol> <li>Selective Memory Disorder</li> <li>They were slaves in Egypt <ol type="a"> <li>They remember the bright spots, forget the cloud </li> <li>Their meager portions in Egypt were magnified in their imagination</li> <li>Remember leeks, onion, and garlic (see <span class='verse'>Numbers 11:5</span>)</li> <li>Satan tries to do the same thing to us <ol type="i"> <li>Tells us how good life was before we came to Christ</li> <li>Doesn't remind us of dark days enslaved to our own desires and loneliness </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li>When you lose your first love relationship (see <span class='verse'>Revelation 2:4</span>), God no longer satisfies <ol type="a"> <li>The world looks appealing</li> <li>"Although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful" (<span class='verse'>Romans 1:21</span>)</li> </ol> </li> <li>The recorded murmurings authenticate the biblical record</li> </ol> </li> <li>God rains bread from heaven <ol> <li>God shows grace when they complain</li> <li>God tests them <ol type="a"> <li>Wean from Egypt</li> <li>Satisfy with God's provision</li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li>Instigators of complaints were the mixed multitude (see <span class='verse'>Numbers 11:4</span>) <ol> <li>They wanted relief without relationship</li> <li>First step in going back is looking back</li> <li>"But Jesus said to him, 'No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.'" (<span class='verse'>Luke 9:62</span>)</li> <li>We must be selective in who we partner with (business, date, spouse)</li> </ol> </li> <li>On the sixth day, they were to gather twice as much manna <ol> <li>Beginning of the Sabbath</li> <li>Will they believe God for daily provision? <ol type="a"> <li>The manna was perpetual testing of faith</li> <li>They were to trust God daily</li> <li>Jesus taught the same thing: "Give us this day our daily bread." (<span class='verse'>Matthew 6:11</span>)</li> <li>Later the same principle on a larger scale: the sabbatical year (see Leviticus 25)</li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li>Complaining against the LORD: If God chose Moses and Aaron, who God chose, you complain against them, you complain against God</li> <li>See the Glory of the LORD (v. 7) <ol> <li>God's presence is seen by His provision</li> <li>A sign of God's presence in your life is His provision for your life</li> <li>"I have been young, and now am old; yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his descendants begging bread." (<span class='verse'>Psalm 37:25</span>)</li> <li>God provides for needs, makes thankful, they praise Him, and give Him glory</li> <li>Purpose of provision was to further spiritual relationship with God</li> </ol> </li> <li>Quail in the evening <ol> <li>Migratory birds</li> <li>Tire: fly slowly and low to the ground</li> <li>Easy to catch <ol type="a"> <li>Boys in that region can kill 2-3 by striking with a stick or catch in the hand (Keil and Delitzsch)</li> <li>Egyptian art depicts people catching quail with a net</li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li>Manna <ol> <li>Looked like snow (Flavius Josephus)</li> <li>What is it? Mazeh? (an old rendering of asking "What is it?") מַה־ – mah – what</li> <li>RSV – "This is manna" <ol type="a"> <li>Man – old Egyptian word</li> <li>Named after a bush with sweet, sticky drops</li> <li>Named it after what was familiar to them</li> </ol> </li> <li>Collected manna in the morning <ol type="a"> <li>No room for a lazy person; the food would melt</li> <li>Spiritual parallel: start your day with the Lord <ol type="i"> <li>Gather spiritual food early</li> <li>If you wait, your days get cluttered, many days and you are spiritually malnourished</li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li>Sabbath <ol> <li>First mention</li> <li>Formalized in the giving of the Law</li> <li>שַׁבַּת־ – shabbat - Sabbath</li> <li>They had no days off in Egypt</li> <li>Manna sustained them throughout the day <ol type="a"> <li>No foot swelling (a sign of malnutrition) "Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years." (<span class='verse'>Deuteronomy 8:4</span>)</li> <li>Manna had all the necessary nutrients</li> </ol> </li> <li>Why do Christians worship on Sunday? <ol type="a"> <li>Practice of the early church <ol type="i"> <li>"Now on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread," (<span class='verse'>Acts 20:7</span>)</li> <li>"On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper," (<span class='verse'>2 Corinthians 16:2</span>)</li> </ol> </li> <li>Seventh day celebrates finished creation</li> <li>First day celebrates finished redemption</li> <li>We don't know when Saturday is (calendar changes)</li> <li>Of the 10 commandments, the only non-moral, purely ceremonial commandment</li> <li>No New Testament command to keep the sabbath</li> <li>Scripture tells us not to make a big deal about it <ol type="i"> <li>"So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ." (<span class='verse'>Colossians 2:16-17</span>)</li> <li>"One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind." (<span class='verse'>Romans 14:5</span>)</li> </ol> </li> <li>The Lord should be worshiped every day</li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li>He gave them Manna—bread from heaven <ol> <li>Like white coriander seed, taste like wafers made with honey </li> <li>"Like the taste of pastry prepared with oil." (<span class='verse'>Numbers 11:8</span>) </li> <li>Bread from heaven וְלֶ֥חֶם - ve·le·chem - bread; מַ֗יִם - ma·yim - of heaven <ol type="a"> <li>"[He] had rained down manna on them to eat, and given them of the bread of heaven. Men ate angels' food; He sent them food to the full." (<span class='verse'>Psalm 78:24</span>)</li> <li>"The people asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven." (<span class='verse'>Psalm 105:40</span>)</li> </ol> </li> <li>Characteristics <ol type="a"> <li>Substantial</li> <li>Nutritional</li> <li>Flexible - "The people went about and gathered it, ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar, cooked it in pans, and made cakes of it; " (<span class='verse'>Numbers 11:8</span>)</li> </ol> </li> <li>The Ark of the Covenant <ol type="a"> <li>Law</li> <li>Aaron's Rod</li> <li>Pot of Manna</li> <li>A reminder of God's faithfulness <ol type="i"> <li>Keep journals</li> <li>Write in the margins of your Bible</li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> <li>Manna is Like the Word of God <ol> <li>Supernaturally given – "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, " (<span class='verse'>2 Timothy 3:16</span>)</li> <li>Had to be eaten</li> <li>Had to be gathered daily</li> <li>Gathered in the morning</li> <li>Gathered by stooping – "Open my eyes, that I may see Wondrous things from Your law." (<span class='verse'>Psalm 119:18</span>)</li> <li>Incomprehensible to the natural man – "But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned." (<span class='verse'>1 Corinthians 2:14</span>)</li> </ol> </li> <li>Manna is a type of Jesus Christ (see John 6:30-35;49-51) <ol> <li>Jesus response (when they marginalized Jesus' feeding of the 5,000) <ol type="a"> <li>God, not Moses, gave manna</li> <li>Manna was physical food with no eternal value</li> <li>True spiritual nutrition is not a loaf of bread, but a living person </li> </ol> </li> <li>The world will leave you hungry; Jesus will never fail you <ol type="a"> <li>"Jesus answered and said to her, 'Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst.'" (<span class='verse'>John 4:13-14</span>)</li> <li>Salvation is a give which you must receive</li> </ol> </li> </ol> </li> </ol></li></ol><p><strong>Hebrew Terms</strong>: מַה־ – mah – what; שַׁבַּת־ – Shabbat - Sabbath; ve·le·chem - bread; ma·yim - of heaven<br /> <strong>Figures Referenced</strong>: Karl Keil; Friedrich Delitzsch; Flavius Josephus; Manuel Oliveira;<br /> <strong> Cross References</strong>: <span class='verse'>Exodus 14:13</span>; <span class='verse'>Exodus 15:27</span>; Leviticus 25; <span class='verse'>Numbers 11:5</span>; <span class='verse'>Numbers 11:8</span>; <span class='verse'>Deuteronomy 8:4</span>; <span class='verse'>Psalm 37:25</span>; <span class='verse'>Psalm 78:24</span>; <span class='verse'>Psalm 105:40</span>; <span class='verse'>Psalm 119:18</span>; <span class='verse'>Matthew 6:11</span>; <span class='verse'>Luke 9:62</span>; <span class='verse'>John 4:13-14</span>; John 6:30-35; <span class='verse'>John 6:49-51</span>; <span class='verse'>Acts 20:7</span>; <span class='verse'>Romans 1:21</span>; <span class='verse'>Romans 6:23</span>; <span class='verse'>Romans 11:4</span>; <span class='verse'>Romans 14:5</span>; <span class='verse'>1 Corinthians 2:14</span>; <span class='verse'>2 Corinthians 16:2</span>; <span class='verse'>Ephesians 2:9</span>; <span class='verse'>Colossians 2:16-17</span>; <span class='verse'>2 Timothy 3:16</span>; <span class='verse'>2 Peter 1:12-13</span>; <span class='verse'>Revelation 2:4</span></p></p> <p> </p>

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Exodus 16
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02 Exodus - 2011

Beginning in the brickyards of Egypt and ending in the tabernacle filled with God's presence, the book of Exodus chronicles the deliverance of God's people from Egypt and records the end of their oppression under Pharaoh. It also provides an account of the beginning of a prophecy fulfilled: God promised Abraham descendants beyond number, and on the pages of Exodus we see Israel become a great nation.

In this verse-by-verse study, Pastor Skip Heitzig presents an in-depth look at Moses, the ten plagues, the ten commandments, the desert wanderings, the construction of the tabernacle, and more. As we study, we'll see the grace of God, witness the glory of the Lord, and a catch a glimpse of Israel's coming Savior.

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