exodus 16

Question	Answer	Note---10-02-2016
		The children of Israel here seem bitter in their complaint against Moses. This bitterness does not seem founded. The children of Israel here said that it would have been better to have died in Egypt.
Is it a lack of faith that the people do not approach Moses in a better condition.		16:1-3The complaints that the children of Israel make is an indication of where they were spirituality. Spiritual things are spiritually discerned. The children of Israel are not humble inn their approach toward Moses.
How are we to understand the generalization, that all the congregation murmured?	Maybe this was the sentiment of the entire congregation, although it may have been one person who said it. When a person I generally hungry, they lose all sanity, and make rash decisions. Note that although they were oppressed in Egypt they were not hungry.	God is trying to have the lives of the Israelites and they are crying for them to kill them.
How long were the children of Israel hungry?	This is the 15th day of the 2nd month. No doubt they could not have been without food all this time.
Is it possible that God was again trying the children of Israel?	No doubt this was a second test from the Lord.
Why did God wait so long to provide their needs?	It seems that God wanted the people to recognize their deep longing for God. If he had provided their needs before they asked, maybe they would have taken it for granted.	16:4 Note the Lord said that He will prove them, if they would keep His law or no.
Did the children keep the Sabbath prior to leaving Egypt?	It does not seem that for the two months that they were travelling in the desert that God had instructed them to observe the Sabbath.	16:5 The Lord is re-establishing His Sabbath with the children of Israel. This is the first mention of the Sabbath.
Why wasn’t the Sabbath mentioned anywhere else before this?	The Sabbath was a tradition that was passed down by word of mouth. It was not necessary to have a record to state to observe the Sabbath. Probably the importance of the Sabbath had been lost, and God needed now to re-teach His people about the true significance of the Sabbath.
Why were the quails and the bread sent separately, especially considering what we have been told about diet, that meat is harder to digest?		16:11-12 flesh and bread is promised the people.
		16:16 omer=2 liters
		16:20 Moses wrath is kindled as a result of the disobedience of the children of Israel.
		16:23 The Lord uses their food to teach them about the Sabbath. It seems that this generation gets more information/details about the Sabbath than previous generations.
		God seems to give as much information as the people can handle. He does not exceed their capabilities to receive. Consequently it would seem that future generations get more details than previous ones. However, it is simply the Lord distributing information on an as needed basis. One man said to have received too much information was Daniel, and when he did the information seemed make him sick.
	Sodden=boiled, Seethe=boil	16:24
Isn’t this a confirmation that the children of Israel were not observing His commandments?	The timeframe in this verse is not clear. In this verse, it is not clear if God was referring to time before Egypt, during Egypt or just specific to this event. It is hard to say based on this verse alone.	16:28
Is this the first time the children of Israel is keeping the  Sabbath?	If Sabbath is a sign between God and His people, it must be believed that all the righteous descendants observed the Sabbath from Adam till now.	16:30This seems to be the re-institution of the Sabbath. This verse is pivotal because this is the first mention of the people resting from labor and from tedious work. This is in direct contrast to the bondage/slavery they endured while in Egypt.
Was the Sabbath truth lost in Egypt?	It is unlikely that the Egyptians allowed the Israelites to practice their religion freely, consequently that is why God had given the instruction to let the people go so that they can go serve me. Hence the truth would have been lost.
Did Abraham, Isaac and Jacob observe the Sabbath?

Coriander seed

16:31

omer	The omer (Hebrew: עֹ֫מֶר‎‎ 'ōmer) is an ancient Israelite unit of dry measure used in the era of the Temple in Jerusalem. It is used in the Bible as an ancient unit of volume for grains and dry commodities, and the Torah mentions as being equal to one tenth of an ephah.
Wafers with honey	Sweet biscuit	16:31
		16:32 Note that God advises the children of Israel to put a pot of manna before Him, to be kept for a memorial. (an omer=approx. 2 quarts-one man’s share) This was a miraculous event because manna would not last overnight.
Was the manna filled daily or just once.	This text can be interpreted two ways. It is not clear whether the manna was refilled on a daily basis or once and for all. Based on the God given instructions one could argue that it was re-filled daily. However, given that the pot with manna was to become a symbol in the sanctuary it is likely that it was filled only once, and it was preserved by God through the ages.

https://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/appendix-b/bible-measurements/