June 13, 2018 - Day 66 - Exodus 16
I am writing from my hotel room in Anchorage, AK.
Exodus 16:
The Israelites are pretty pissed at this point. Basically they think they are going to starve, but had plenty to eat in Egypt. Better to be a slave than be hungry?
So next we have a very bizarre test from God. Today's weather forecast: Cloudy with a chance of bread.
Remember, in these days, people thought heaven was "up," because they had absolutely no concept of what the earth was; or what was actually "up."
To make sure the people follow God's instructions, God is going to make the bread rain and the people are only allowed to gather what they can eat for the day. However, on the sixth day, they can get twice as much.
Moses tells the Israelites that God hears their grumbling and then they will know God's name or something. More of the you-will-know-it-is-me-because-the-shit-will-go-down theme. Aaron is chatting up the Israelites and then the glory of God appears in a cloud. We are not told what this means, but I am certain that someone was eating mushrooms.
Cloud God tells Moses that the grumblings have been heard; the Israelites will eat meat at twilight and then have some bread for breakfast.
Seriously. Are y'all reading this?
Quail covered the camp. I reckon this is the meat. The ground was covered with dew, then disappeared, then flakes appeared on the ground and they didn't know what it was.
Moses tells them that it is the bread that God has provided, but to only take what they need. He also tells them not to keep any of it until morning. Some of them ignored this warning, but they ended up with maggot bread. GROSS.
On day six they gather double and then keep it for day seven, the sabbath. This time, there was no maggots. There will be no bread on the sabbath.
As usual, some of the people ignored this and went out and looked anyway. Of course, there wasn't any. God reminds them to rest on this day.
The Israelites called this bread "manna," which sounds like the Hebrew word for "what is it."
Moses tells them to put some manna in a jar so it can be kept around for generations, so everyone can see what they ate when God brought them out of Egypt. Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the law. Tablets of the law?? We haven't seen any law tablets yet.
The Israelites ate the manna for forty years, until they got to Canaan.
BUT. There's much a deeper meaning here. We'll revisit this in Deuteronomy.
Exodus 16:
The Israelites are pretty pissed at this point. Basically they think they are going to starve, but had plenty to eat in Egypt. Better to be a slave than be hungry?
So next we have a very bizarre test from God. Today's weather forecast: Cloudy with a chance of bread.
Remember, in these days, people thought heaven was "up," because they had absolutely no concept of what the earth was; or what was actually "up."
To make sure the people follow God's instructions, God is going to make the bread rain and the people are only allowed to gather what they can eat for the day. However, on the sixth day, they can get twice as much.
Moses tells the Israelites that God hears their grumbling and then they will know God's name or something. More of the you-will-know-it-is-me-because-the-shit-will-go-down theme. Aaron is chatting up the Israelites and then the glory of God appears in a cloud. We are not told what this means, but I am certain that someone was eating mushrooms.
Cloud God tells Moses that the grumblings have been heard; the Israelites will eat meat at twilight and then have some bread for breakfast.
Seriously. Are y'all reading this?
Quail covered the camp. I reckon this is the meat. The ground was covered with dew, then disappeared, then flakes appeared on the ground and they didn't know what it was.
Moses tells them that it is the bread that God has provided, but to only take what they need. He also tells them not to keep any of it until morning. Some of them ignored this warning, but they ended up with maggot bread. GROSS.
On day six they gather double and then keep it for day seven, the sabbath. This time, there was no maggots. There will be no bread on the sabbath.
As usual, some of the people ignored this and went out and looked anyway. Of course, there wasn't any. God reminds them to rest on this day.
The Israelites called this bread "manna," which sounds like the Hebrew word for "what is it."
Moses tells them to put some manna in a jar so it can be kept around for generations, so everyone can see what they ate when God brought them out of Egypt. Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the law. Tablets of the law?? We haven't seen any law tablets yet.
The Israelites ate the manna for forty years, until they got to Canaan.
BUT. There's much a deeper meaning here. We'll revisit this in Deuteronomy.
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