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1.-THE SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR JULY 6.

ory Verses. =. 6-colamsntsry on the
Days Lesson.
l. Wilderness Of Sin It Is supposed
that this wilderness. or desert. had its
name from a strong city OF Egypt called
Sin. near which it lay. But before they
came to Sin they had an encampment by
the Red Sea, after they lett Elm. Mum.
q: 10. IL. "Sinai." This Is a mountain
with two peaks; one of which WAS called
Horeb. the other Sinai Sinai means
thornbush, and probably received this
! name because here the Lori appeared to
Moses in the burning bu.h. Fifteenth
day." This was exactly one month from
the time they had left Egypt. Second
month" This was Iyar or Iii and CORE.
spondcd ~ nearly az possible TO our month
May. The Jewish month began with the
evening when the new moon was hrst dis
covered.
,. "Nurmured." For want OF bread
1t seems they had taken months PROV
sion when they left Egypt and now this
was gone. Against Moses; An adj, ada,'
They had just seen the bitter water sweet
cned rs: 23-25). the sea divided. and the
host of Pharaoh slain. but these are all for.
gotten as they stand confronted with their
new difficulty. They evinced fretful, un'
:. "Flesh pots" The Hebrews when in
slavery were doubtless fed in companies,
| in. places where large pots or boilers were
fixed for the purpose OF cooking their food.
"Ye have brought U.s." They seem to have
actually lost the sense Of having heen a DE DC;
with hunger" People when murmuring
often anticipate evils which never will hap
pen. Discomfort magni6es what il past
and vilifies what Is present without regard
to truth or reason: none talk more absurd
| ly than murmurers.
4. Unto Moses.'' God made known
His purposes unto Moses in order that
he might rest easily and not be tempted TO
encouragement. "Will rain bread, etc
Efforts have been made to do away with
the supernatural aspect of this incident
by suggesting that the mama was nothing
else than the gum of the tamerisS tree. to
which the name mama has been gwen:
but we are certain that this gum could
not have been the bread that is here said
to have come from heaven. The mama is
typical OF Christ who came down from
heaven Il Cor. 10: 81, a supernatural gift:
to give life to the world. And gather"
tain rate" Every person was to gather
according to his eating V. l6., Every
day" It would breed worms and spoil d
they undertook to keep it from one day
to another. II was necessary also to gather
it early, before the sun had arisen. 1t fell
upon the dew Mum. IL: 81; it was so pure
and delicate that it could not bear contact
with the earth. Each one had to arise
early and seek his daily portion. So it is
with the people Of God now. The heavenly
mamma must be gathered fresh every morn
ing. We must feed upon Christ every day,
with fresh energy OF the Spirit. else we will
cease to grow. V. 20. May prove them:
Thus God tried them to see il they would
trust Him and depend upon Him for fresh
supplies each day, and il they would keep
His commandments. :.
S. "The sixth day" The day preceding
the Sabbath. Shall prepare The peo-
pie gathered the mamma and ground it in
mills, or beat it in a mortar and baked it
taste Of it was as the taste Of fresh oil.
Mum. II: 8. Twice as much" On the
sixth day of the week they were told to
gather and prepare twice AZ much as usual,
so there would be no work done OF the
Sabbath. No mama fell on the Sabbath:
Had it been a natural production it would
have fallen on that day as at other times,
and had God not performed miracle It
would have corrupted On the Sabbath as on
other days. vs.. o, -.
g. "Then ye shall know" That the
Lord had brought then, out OF Egypt was
plain enough, yet they were ascribing 1t to
Moses and Aaron. God saw it necessary to
give them a daily miracle in the fal! OF
mama, that they might have the daily
proof OF His divine interpositlon.
4 GLORY Of the Lord" Either this glo.
rious work of God in giving you bread
from heaven, or the glorious appearing OF
God in the cloud. mentioned in verse 10.
Against the Lord From this We see that
when we murmur against Gods servants
we are really nurmuring against God Him
obeying His commandments. We have not
brought you out OF your slavery. God BY
His own almighty power has done that.
8. "Shall eive you" Their needs were
all to be supplied they were to have flesh
in abundance that evening and bread in
the morning, and six mornings each week
thereafter for nearly forty years: Hear
eth your murmurings. How onensive 70
God must their murmurings have been.
and yet He bore with them and had mercy
upon them.
8. Come near before the Lord: Evi:
IDENTIFY some particular place which had
been designated, where God appeared to
them in the cloudy pillar. The tabernacle
was not built until some months later.
10. The glory OF the Lord" A glorious
manifestation OF Gods presence in .
thick cloud" Chap. 10: 9. This would
give them encouragement. and cause theE1
to recognize God as their deliverer :,
L.. "Ye shall know" When God
plagued the Egyptians it was to make them
know that He was their God.
l3. "Quails." Quails were then as now
considered dclicacy. Among the Egypt:
ians a quail was an emblem OF ease and
plenty. Covered the camp. They flew
low and were 30 tame that the lsraelites
could take as many as they chose. The
children of Israel were again supplied with
ouails about year later. Mum. IL: 81.
IA. a small round thing" 1t wa- like
coriander seed Mum. II: y. and white
like "hoar frost" The peorle gathered on
an average about three quarts for each
man. It was dry enough to grind and
bake like grain, and was pleasant TO the
taste. 1t was wholesome food. and was
used as bread BY the Israe,ites about forty
years. I. ceased 70 fall a. soon as the
Israeli.es reached the land OF Canaan.
Is 1T is mamma" What is H., r:
v. They said one TO another. Man.hu:
which means. What is it! The mamma was
A type of Christ. !. It met a great need.
,. t. was not understood by Israel. 40
Christ was not understood by those to
whom He came g. 1t was for all the peo-
ole. Christ is for the world. 4. 1t had to
be gathered early. each day. ). IL was
white and sweet. so Christ is pure III Him.
self and sweet 10 the taste OF the refined
soul. 9. It gave life to the lsraelites.
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