Lesson 9
LESSON 9
MARCH 2, 1889.
THE GIVING OF MANNA.
- WHAT inconvenience did the children of Israel suffer soon after they crossed the Red Sea? Ex. 15:23.
- How did they act? Verse 24.
- How did the Lord give them relief? Verse 25.
- What promise did the Lord then give the people? Verse 26.
- When they came to the Wilderness of Sin, what wicked charge did they bring against Moses and Aaron? Ex. 16:1-3.
- What did the Lord say he would do to satisfy their hunger? Verse 4.
- What test did he say this would be for them? —Ib.
- When were they told that they should receive food? Verses 6-8, 12.
- What kind of flesh did they have at even? Verse 13.
- In the morning when the dew was gone what did they find? Verses 14, 15.
- Describe the manna. Num. 11:7.
- How did they prepare it, and how did it taste? Verse 8.
- How much were they to gather for each person? Ex. 16:16.
- How was it if some gathered too much or not enough? Verses 17, 18.
- What practical lesson does the apostle Paul draw from this? 2 Cor. 8:13-15.
- What took place if they tried to keep the manna till the next day? Ex. 16:19, 20.
- On the sixth day what did they do? Verse 22.
- What instruction had they received on this point? Verse 5.
- What did Moses say to them on that day? Verse 23.
- Did any manna fall on the Sabbath? Verse 26.
- How were they provided with food on that day? Verses 23, 24, 29.
- What did some of the people do on the seventh day? Verse 27.
- What reproof did the Lord give them? Verse 28.
- How long did the children of Israel eat the manna? Verse 35.
- Show how they could not by any possibility have made a mistake in regard to the Sabbath in that time.
- In giving the manna, what purpose did God effect besides supplying the children of Israel with food?
- What does the psalmist say this manna was? Ps. 78:24, 25.
- Of what was it a type? John 6:48-51, 58.