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Exodus 16 — Sermon Preparation

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
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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.

Matthew Henry 5 Calvin 4 Alexander MacLaren 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“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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