The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 16

After their joyful singing and dancing back in Chapter 15, the Israelites are whining and angry because they're hungry.   They'd rather still be enslaved in Egypt instead of wandering around the desert, starving half to death.   When they complain to Moses and Aaron, Moses tells them that their complaints and criticisms are of the Lord (in other words, complaining about Moses or Aaron is the same as complaining about God).

So God sends a bunch of quails for the people to eat, then rains "manna" down from the heavens, which becomes the Israelites' food for the next 40 years.   They are to gather this every day to eat, but to gather double portions on the sixth day of the week in preparation of the sabbath, which is on the seventh day and a day of rest.   However, except for the double portions gathered on the 6th day, the manna rots and gets filled with maggots on the other days if the people try to keep it overnight.

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Discussion Points.

According to the Skeptics Annotated King James version of Exodus 16,

The manna referred to in the Bible, in Exodus 16:14, seems to have been the dried excrement of Trabutina mannipara, a scale insect that feeds on tamarisk trees." Benjamin B. Normark, The Sex Lives of Scales, Natural History, Sept. 2004.

The Israelites wandered about for 40 years before finally reaching Canaan, the promised land.   This trip would take 10 or 11 days for normal travelers of the time.   Why did God and Moses lead them around for such a long time?

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5. The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 29
6. The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 14
7. The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 33
8. The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 24
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One Response to “The Bible Slam: Exodus Chapter 16”

1. rachel says:

   September 11, 2009 at 12:49 am

   very nice tips …thanks for sharing…

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