4. Then said the Lord unto Moses--Though the outbreak was
immediately against the human leaders, it was indirectly against God:
yet mark His patience, and how graciously He promised to redress the
grievance.
I will rain bread from heaven--Israel, a type of the Church
which is from above, and being under the conduct, government, and laws
of heaven, received their food from heaven also
(Ps 78:24).
that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or
no--The grand object of their being led into the wilderness was
that they might receive a religious training directly under the eye of
God; and the first lesson taught them was a constant dependence on God
for their daily nourishment.
JFB.
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