in the strength] By that vertue and efficacy which God gave to it, whereby it remained fourty days in his body, and continued to nourish him, as Chap. 17. 14, 15. fourty dayes] So much time was spent in going to, and abiding in Horeb. So long time remained Moses (Exodus 34:28.) and Christ (Matthew 4:2.) without food. Horeb] In the desert of Sinai, Exodus 3:1. and Exodus 19:1. mount of God] Where God appeared to Moses (Exodus 3:1-2.) and delivered the law to Israel, Deuteronomy 4:10; Deuteronomy 4:15.