Passage Research
Exodus 16 — Sermon Preparation
The Israelites grumble about food in the desert, and God provides quail in the evening and manna each morning, with a double portion on the sixth day. Below is a research summary for Exodus 16, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 36
- verses
- 548 / 164
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 12
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Exodus 16 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מֹשֶׁה | Môsheh | H4872 | 17 | Mosheh |
| לָקַט | lâqaṭ | H3950 | 9 | pick, gather |
| בֹּקֶר | bôqer | H1242 | 10 | dawn, morning |
| תְּלוּנָה | tᵉlûwnâh | H8519 | 6 | grumbling |
| עֹמֶר | ʻômer | H6016 | 6 | heap, sheaf |
| לֶחֶם | lechem | H3899 | 8 | food, bread |
| מִדְבָּר | midbâr | H4057 | 6 | pasture, desert |
How preachers through history handled this text
12 public-domain excerpts on Exodus 16, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The provisions of Israel, brought from Egypt, were spent by the middle of the second month, and they murmured. It is no new thing for the greatest kindness to be basely represented as the greatest injuries. They so far undervalue their deliverance, that they wished they had died in Egypt; and by the hand of the Lord, that is, by the plagues which cut off the Egyptians. We cannot suppose they had plenty in Egypt, nor could they fear dying for want in the wilderness, while they had flocks and herds: none talk more absurdly than murmurers. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Exodus 16:1–12 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— Ex 16:1
- Elim— Ex 16:1
- Mount Sinai— Ex 16:1
- Sin— Ex 16:1
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