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Attributed commentary excerpt

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 16:27

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather manna, notwithstanding Moses' command, but they found nothing. Whereupon God reproved their resistance to His commands, and ordered them to remain quietly at home on the seventh day. Through the commandments which the Israelites were to keep in relation to the manna, this gift assumed the character of a temptation, or test of their obedience and faith (cf. Exo 16:4). Exodus 16:31
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