Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
Moses repeats the name manna deliberately, so that even the malicious and ungrateful cannot deny so obvious a thing. The round grains like coriander seed prove the miracle's certainty, and its honey-sweet taste condemns the people's ingratitude for rejecting food so wholesome and pleasant.
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The sabbath was no new thing when God gave the double portion on the sixth day; the people grasped His meaning at once, which proves they knew of it before Egypt or Sinai. Setting apart one day in seven for holy rest is the most ancient of all positive laws, the good old way. God will never let a man lose by serving Him.
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Commenting on Exodus 16:22-31
And Moses said unto Aaron, take a pot,.... The Targum of Jonathan calls it an earthen pot; and so Jarchi; which, if it could be supported, might be considered as an emblem of the ministers of the word, in whom, as in earthen vessels, the Gospel of Christ is put: Aben Ezra says, it was a vessel either of earth or brass, which latter is...