Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 16:4

4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you: and the people shall go out, and gather a certain rate every day , that I may prove them , whether they will walk in my Law or no.

(i. e.) Manna, which shall serve them instead of bread, Numb. 11. 8. and was a more delicate and pleasant kind of bread, called therefore, The bread of Angels, Psal. 78. 24, 25.

The air, oft called Heaven, in which Manna i[illegible: 1+ letters] produced.

Heb. The thing (i. e.) the provision, of a day in his day, i. e. every day as much as was sufficient for a mans sustenance that day.

Either 1. whether by my giving them such miraculous and excellent provision they will be won to love and obey me. Or, 2. Whether by raining it down upon them for several days together they will learn to trust me for the following days, and therefore gather no more than that day required.

Marginal references: Psal. [illegible: 1+ letters]8. 24, 25. and 105. 40. Joh 6. 31, 32. 1 Cor. 10. 3.; Heb. the portion of a day in his day. Prov. 30. 8. Matth. 6. 11.; chap. 15. 25. Deut. 8. 2, 16.