Hello and welcome back...Today we read through Exodus 16:1-36.The LORD Provides Manna
1Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.
2The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
3The sons of Israel said to them, "Would that we had died by the LORD'S hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger."
4Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction.
5"On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily."
6So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, "At evening you will know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt;
7and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, for He hears your grumblings against the LORD; and what are we, that you grumble against us?"
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So Moses told them to gather it all up and put aside any extra and save it until morning...the people did not listen. The next day there were worms in it... So Moses told them again not to leave any, to gather it all up and save it until the next day...this time they did...there were no worms in it this time.
25Moses said, "Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the field.
26"Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be none."
27It came about on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they found none.
28Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions?
29"See, the LORD has given you the sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day."
30So the people rested on the seventh day.
31The house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.
Moses said let it be a sign throughout the generations that the Lord had fed them in the wilderness.
35The sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.
Wow so the Lord took care of them this way for 40 years...all that he asked of them was to remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. My husband and I are following this...we do not do any work, dishes or the like on Sunday...we try to prepare our food the day before so we have something to eat and we take the day off and talk about heavenly things. Then when Monday comes we notice we are ready to face the new week with a rested spirit instead of rushing around starting the week already behind.
Please join with me in reading Exodus 17:1-16
Enjoy your day today :o)
