John Gill
Reformed
1697–1771
“Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them,.... In the knowledge of the laws delivered to them; the spirit of prophecy, according to Ben Melech, and which Aben Ezra interprets of the spirit put upon the seventy elders, Num 11:17, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth; all the while they were in the wilderness, until they came to Canaan's land; called the Lord's manna, because prepared by him, and given by him to them; a part or portion and gift from the Lord, as Ben Melech, from whence it had its name, see Exo 16:15 and gavest them water for their thirst; which seems to have respect to the last rock stricken for them, after their many provocations in the wilderness, Num 20:11.”