IN T ER N A T IO N A L SU N D A Y SCH O O L LESSONS
EXPOSITIONS
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J. H . Hunter
COM M EN T GIRL'S CLASS
Keith L. Brooks Clara Silliman Mabel L. Merrill
HEART oftke LESSON, T . C , Horton
ILLUSTRATIONS
- W . H . Pike ELEMENTARY LESSON PICTURE, C . A. Kilwinski
FEBRUARY 2, 1919 TH E G IV ING O F TH E M A N N A Golden Text: “Give us th is day our daily bread .” Mat. 6:11. LESSON TEXT Ex. 16:11-18, 31-15. (Read Ex. 16:1-36.)
(11) And th e LORD sp ak e un to Moses, saying, (12) I have h e ard th e m u rm u rin g s of th e children of I s ra el: sp e a k un to them , sa y in g ; A t even ye sh all eat, flesh, and in th e m o rn in g ye sh a ll be filled w ith bread; and ye sh all know th a t I am th e LORD y our God. (13) And it cam e to pass, th a t a t even th e q u ails cam e up, an d covered the. cam p; an d in the m o rn in g th e dew lay round a b o u t th e host. (14) And w hen th e dew th a t lay w as gone up, behold, upon th e face of th e w ild ern ess th e re lay a sm all round th in g , as sm all a s th e h o a r fro st on th e ground. (15) And w hen th e children of Isra e l saw it, th ey said one to an o th er, I t is m an na: fiLr th ey w ,st n o t w h a t it w as. And Moses said un to them , T his is th e bread w hich th e LORD h a th giv- e n y o u to e a t (16) T his is th e th in g w hich th e LORD h a th comm anded, u-atner of It e v ery m an acco rd in g to his eatin g , an om er fo r every m an, according to th e num ber of y our p ersons; ta k e ye every m an fo r them w hich a re in his ten ts. (17) And th e children of Isra e l did so, a n d g a th - I would suggest th a t every teacher read in connection w ith th e giving of th e manna, th e passage in John 6:29-51, where our Lord calls H imself “The tru e bread from LESSON Heaven.” Of course EXPOSITION th ere is a danger of J. H u n ter seeing types in the Old Testament, where none were intended, bu t in th is case we are on safe ground. The most help ful way to study th is lesson in our in term ed iate and ad u lt classes will be to note th e points of resemblance be tween th e manna and th e “ tru e b read .”
ered, som e m ore, som e less. (18) And w hen th e y did m ete it w ith an omer, he th a t g a th e re d m uch had n o th in g over, and he th a t g a th e red little had no lack ; th ey g a th e red every m an a cco rd in g to his eating. (31) And th e house of Isra e l called th e nam e th ere o f M anna: and it w as lik e co rian d er seed, w hite, and th e ta s te of it w as lik e w a fe rs m ade w ith honey. (32) And Moses said. T his is th e th in g w hich th e LORD comm andeth, F ill an om er of it to be k e p t fo r y our g e n era tio n s; th a t th ey m ay see th e bread w h erew ith I fed you in th e w ilderness, w hen I b ro u g h t you fo rth from th e land of E g y p t. (33) And Moses said unto A aron, T ake a pot, and p u t an om er- ful of m an n a th erein , and la y it be- fo r th e Lord, to be k e p t fo r yo u r gen eratio n s. (34) As th e L ord com m anded Moses so A aron laid it up before th e T estim ony to be kept. (35) And th e children of Isra e l did eat m anna fo rty years, u n til th ey cam e to a land in h ab ited ; th e y did e a t m anna, u n til th e y cam e un to th e borders of th e lan d of C anaan. - I. The children of Israel had ju st come out of Egyptian slavery, and were a t th is tim e in th e w ilderness. J u st before th e giving of th e m anna they had been complaining of lack of w ater, and God had sweetened fo r them th e b itter w aters of Marah, and afterw ard s led them to Elim , where “were twelve wells of w ater and th ree score and ten palm trees.” Leaving E lim they had journeyed into th e w ilderness of Sin, and h ere they began to charge Moses and Aaron w ith having b rough t them In th e G reatness and Urgency of th e Need.
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