1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:07,840 Speaker 1: Life Audio The Bible Study Podcast, Episode nine hundred and 2 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:11,719 Speaker 1: seventy six. Today, The Bible Study Podcast continues its study 3 00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: of the Book of Exodus with chapter sixteen. Welcome to 4 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: the Bible Study Podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. We 5 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,440 Speaker 1: continue on with chapter sixteen, Men and Quail, But first 6 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: a word from this sponsor. Chapter sixteen, the whole Israelite 7 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: community set out from Ilium and came to the desert 8 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:43,000 Speaker 1: of sin which is between Elim and Sinai, on the 9 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: fifteenth day of the second month, after they had come 10 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: out of Egypt. In the desert, the whole community grumbled 11 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:52,760 Speaker 1: against Moses and Aaron. The Israelites said to them, if 12 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: only we had died by the Lord's hand in Egypt. 13 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: There we sat around pots of meat and ate all 14 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: the food we wanted. So you have brought us out 15 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:08,440 Speaker 1: into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death. Okay, 16 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,280 Speaker 1: we were really happy coming out of the Red Sea. 17 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: We had a little grumbling because we're having some trouble 18 00:01:15,520 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: finding water, and suddenly we're thinking that again God has 19 00:01:21,840 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: brought us out here to die because we're not just hungry, 20 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: we're angry at this point. Then the Lord said to Moses, 21 00:01:30,280 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The 22 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,559 Speaker 1: people are to go out each day and gather enough 23 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: for that day. In this way, I will test them 24 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 1: and see whether they will follow my instructions. On the 25 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: sixth day, they are to prepare what they bring in, 26 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: and that is to be twice as much as they 27 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: gather on the other days. So Moses and Aaron said 28 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 1: to the Israelites, in the evening, you will know that 29 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: it was the Lord who brought you out of Egypt. 30 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: And in the morning you will see the glory of 31 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 1: the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against him. 32 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: Who are we that you should grumble against us? Moses 33 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 1: also said, but you will know that it was the 34 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: Lord when he gives you the meat to eat in 35 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 1: the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, 36 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? 37 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 1: You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord. 38 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: Then Moses told Erin, say to the entire Israelite community, 39 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: come before the Lord. He has heard your grumbling. While 40 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 1: Erin was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked 41 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 1: toward the desert, and there was the glory of the 42 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 1: Lord appearing in the cloud. The Lord said to Moses, 43 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, 44 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 1: at twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning 45 00:02:46,520 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: you will be filled with bread. Then you will know 46 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:52,960 Speaker 1: that I am the Lord your God. That evening, quail 47 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: came and covered the camp, and in the morning there 48 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: was a layer of dew around the camp. When the 49 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: dew was gone, thin flakes, like frost on the ground 50 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: appeared on the desert floor. When the Israelites saw it, 51 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: they said to each other, what is it for They 52 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: did not know what it was. Moses said to them, 53 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: it is the bread the Lord has given you to eat. 54 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 1: This is what the Lord has commanded. Everyone is to 55 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 1: gather as much as they need. Take an omer for 56 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:24,359 Speaker 1: each person you have in your tent. The Israelites did 57 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: as they were told. Some gathered much, some little, And 58 00:03:27,800 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: when they measured it by the omer, the one who 59 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: had gathered much did not have too much, and the 60 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone 61 00:03:36,640 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: had gathered just as much as they needed. So they're 62 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 1: in the middle of the desert, and they think they 63 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 1: know the problem right, that they need bread, that they 64 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:52,480 Speaker 1: need food. They want meat, they want bread, they want 65 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: the basics. But as they look around, they're in a desert. 66 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 1: They don't see enough food to eat. There's nothing like 67 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,640 Speaker 1: grain fields and things like that that they would have 68 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: had when they were in Egypt. Egypt was a very 69 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:14,200 Speaker 1: fertile land, lots of grain, lots of wheat grown in Egypt. 70 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:19,080 Speaker 1: They don't see that, and so there's no place to 71 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:22,360 Speaker 1: buy food. There are a lot of people here, hundreds 72 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:26,520 Speaker 1: of thousands of people here, and we don't see a 73 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: way out of it. Right. We're looking around for how 74 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 1: we would solve this problem, and there's nothing. There's no 75 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: solution that we can see, and so they lose faith. 76 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,920 Speaker 1: But you can understand why they lose faith, right. It's 77 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: a difficult situation that they don't see us a way out. 78 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 1: But that doesn't matter. We don't have to see what 79 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: God is going to do. We have to put our 80 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:02,240 Speaker 1: faith in God that he will do something. And so 81 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 1: God causes two things to happen. One is meat to 82 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 1: come to them in the form of quail, and the other, 83 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: even more strange, is for bread to come to them 84 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: in the form of mana manna that is literally so 85 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: weird that when they see it, they say what is it? 86 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:26,919 Speaker 1: And the word mana sounds like the Hebrew for what 87 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,880 Speaker 1: is it? Literally, when we talk about the mana from heaven, 88 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: we're talking about something so strange that when they saw 89 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,600 Speaker 1: it they didn't recognize it. It didn't look like bread 90 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,799 Speaker 1: that they were used to, but it had what they needed. 91 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:42,880 Speaker 1: And then the other thing that's interesting in terms of 92 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 1: have what they needed is some people are gathering a 93 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: lot and some people are gathering a little. But when 94 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 1: it's over, they realize they've all gathered the right about 95 00:05:52,160 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: the people who should have gathered more don't have more. 96 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 1: The people who should have gathered less or think they 97 00:05:58,760 --> 00:06:02,920 Speaker 1: gathered less, don't have less. God is providing for what 98 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: they need. Now for what they want. They want to 99 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:09,559 Speaker 1: go back to Egypt. They want to have the life 100 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:13,279 Speaker 1: that they were familiar with. But providing what they need. 101 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: Then Moses said to them, no one is to keep 102 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: any of it until morning. However, some of them paid 103 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: no attention to Moses. They kept part of it until morning, 104 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,360 Speaker 1: but it was full of maggots and began to smell, 105 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: so Moses was angry with them. Each morning, everyone gathered 106 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,600 Speaker 1: as much as they needed and when the sun grew hot, 107 00:06:30,680 --> 00:06:33,679 Speaker 1: it melted away. On the sixth day, they gathered twice 108 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: as much, two omers for each person, and the leaders 109 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:39,599 Speaker 1: of the community came and reported this to Moses. He 110 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: said to them, this is what the Lord commanded. Tomorrow 111 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy 112 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 1: sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake, 113 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: and boil when you want to boil, save whatever is left, 114 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 1: and keep it until morning. So they saved it until morning, 115 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:58,560 Speaker 1: as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get 116 00:06:58,600 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: maggots in it. Eat it today, Moses said, because today 117 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: is a sabbath to the Lord, you will not find 118 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:07,080 Speaker 1: any of it on the ground. Today six days you 119 00:07:07,120 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: are to gather it, But on the seventh, the Sabbath, 120 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: there will not be any. Nevertheless, some of the people 121 00:07:12,800 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: went out on the seventh day to gather it, but 122 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,720 Speaker 1: they found none. Then the Lord said to Moses, how 123 00:07:17,760 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions. 124 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,320 Speaker 1: Bear in mind that the Lord had given you the sabbath. 125 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: That is why on the sixth day he gives you 126 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 1: bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they 127 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 1: are on the seventh day, no one is to go out. 128 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: So the people rested on the seventh day, so you 129 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:41,600 Speaker 1: can keep the bread on Friday, you can gather twice 130 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: as much for Saturday, which is the Sabbath at that point, 131 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: not Sunday, but any other day. If you try and 132 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:53,400 Speaker 1: keep the bread, it will go bad. It's a great trick. 133 00:07:53,760 --> 00:07:56,960 Speaker 1: You got to love the fact that they are told 134 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: not to keep it, try and keep it. And of course, 135 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,360 Speaker 1: sure enough, when they do try and keep it, which 136 00:08:02,360 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: is almost inevitable, it goes bad. It gets full of 137 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 1: worms and starts smelling. But not on the weekend, not 138 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: when you're saving it up so that you don't have 139 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: to work on this new thing, this new thing called 140 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: a sabbath, this new day of rest. I say new, 141 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,280 Speaker 1: I mean Genesis talked about a day of rest that 142 00:08:23,320 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: God rested on the seventh day, and that's where we 143 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:30,240 Speaker 1: get this idea of sabbath from. But they haven't really 144 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: celebrated the Sabbath. So this is a new thing for them, 145 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: and God shows them in this way that this is 146 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,600 Speaker 1: how they should behave this. What rest means, you're not 147 00:08:43,640 --> 00:08:46,360 Speaker 1: going to gather or prepare food. You're not going to 148 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:49,960 Speaker 1: go out and get the manna. But God will take 149 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:54,200 Speaker 1: care of you by making the mana last two days. 150 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:59,160 Speaker 1: The people of Israel call the bread mana. It was 151 00:08:59,240 --> 00:09:03,439 Speaker 1: white like co anderseed and tasted like wafers made with honey. 152 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 1: Moses said, this is what the Lord has commanded. Take 153 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: an omer of manna and keep it for the generations 154 00:09:10,040 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: to come, so that they can see the bread I 155 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought 156 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: you out of Egypt. So Moses said to Erin, take 157 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: a jar and put an omer of manna in it. 158 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: Then place it before the Lord to be kept for 159 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: the generations to come. As the Lord commanded, Moses Aaron 160 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: put the manna with the tablets of the Covenant Law 161 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: so that it might be preserved. The Israelites ate mana 162 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: for forty years until they came to the land that 163 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:40,840 Speaker 1: was settled. They ate manna until they reached the border 164 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 1: of Canaan owner is one tenth of an epha. Well, 165 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,079 Speaker 1: that's rather helpful for those of you who are wondering 166 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: how does an omer compare to an fha. But you 167 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:57,319 Speaker 1: may not know that, but it's possibly about six pounds, 168 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: where it's possibly about three pounds. Different ideas in terms 169 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: of how much an omer is, but basically, an omer 170 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 1: is enough food for one day for one person, and 171 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: interesting only enough although it lasts only one day, normally 172 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: last two days of the weekends. They're going to put 173 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,280 Speaker 1: some in a jar, which apparently is going to last 174 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:22,680 Speaker 1: forever as they remember that God gave them manna in 175 00:10:22,720 --> 00:10:27,760 Speaker 1: the wilderness. Now it's interesting they put it with the tablets. 176 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 1: They put it with the commandments, But we haven't really 177 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 1: talked about the commandments yet, so that's something we're going 178 00:10:38,520 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 1: to get to later as we get to Mount Sinai 179 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: and we're a couple of different chapters from there. But 180 00:10:45,040 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 1: for now, we're going to wrap up this episode of 181 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: the Bible Study Podcast. If you have any questions, send 182 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 1: an email to Chris two x at gmail dot com, 183 00:10:53,640 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 1: or better yet, leave a comment on this episode at 184 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: the Bible Study Podcast dot com. And as always, thanks 185 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:13,640 Speaker 1: so much for listening. 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