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Book of Exodus Chapter 16 16:1 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] Then they set out from Elim , and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin , which is between Elim and Sinai , on the fifteenth * day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt .
16:2 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness .
16:3 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] The sons of Israel said to them, "Would * that we had died by the LORD'S hand in the land of Egypt , when we sat by the pots of meat , when we ate bread to the full ; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger ."
16:4 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] Then the LORD said to Moses , "Behold , I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day , that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction .
16:5 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] "On the sixth day , when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily ."
16:6 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel , "At evening you will know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt ;
16:7 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD , for He hears your grumblings against the LORD ; and what are we, that you grumble against us?"
16:8 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] Moses said , "This will happen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening , and bread to the full in the morning ; for the LORD hears your grumblings which you grumble against Him. And what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD ."
16:9 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] Then Moses said to Aaron , "Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel , 'Come near before the LORD , for He has heard your grumblings .' "
16:10 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] It came about as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel , that they looked toward the wilderness , and behold , the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud .
16:11 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] And the LORD spoke to Moses , saying ,
16:12 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] "I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel ; speak to them, saying , 'At twilight you shall eat meat , and in the morning you shall be filled with bread ; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God .' "
16:13 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp , and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp .
16:14 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] When the layer of dew evaporated , behold , on the surface of the wilderness there was a fine flake-like thing , fine as the frost on the ground .
16:15 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another , "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat .
16:16 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] "This is what * the LORD has commanded , 'Gather of it every man as much as he should eat ; you shall take an omer apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent .' "
16:17 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] The sons of Israel did so , and some gathered much and some little .
16:18 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] When they measured it with an omer , he who had gathered much had no excess , and he who had gathered little had no lack ; every man gathered as much as he should eat .
16:19 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] Moses said to them, "Let no man leave any of it until morning ."
16:20 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] But they did not listen to Moses , and some left part of it until morning , and it bred worms and became foul ; and Moses was angry with them.
16:21 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] They gathered it morning by morning , every man as much as he should eat ; but when the sun grew hot , it would melt .
16:22 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread , two omers for each one . When all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses ,
16:23 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] then he said to them, "This is what the LORD meant : Tomorrow is a sabbath observance , a holy sabbath to the LORD . Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil , and all that is left over put aside to be kept until morning ."
16:24 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] So they put it aside until morning , as Moses had ordered , and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it.
16:25 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] Moses said , "Eat it today , for today is a sabbath to the LORD ; today you will not find it in the field .
16:26 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] "Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day , the sabbath , there will be none ."
16:27 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] It came about on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather , but they found none .
16:28 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] Then the LORD said to Moses , "How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions ?
16:29 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] "See , the LORD has given you the sabbath ; therefore * He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day . Remain every man in his place ; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day ."
16:30 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] So the people rested on the seventh day .
16:31 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] The house of Israel named * it manna , and it was like coriander seed , white , and its taste was like wafers with honey .
16:32 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] Then Moses said , "This is what * the LORD has commanded , 'Let an omerful * of it be kept throughout your generations , that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness , when I brought you out of the land of Egypt .' "
16:33 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] Moses said to Aaron , "Take a jar and put an omerful * of manna in it, and place it before the LORD to be kept throughout your generations ."
16:34 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] As the LORD commanded Moses , so Aaron placed it before the Testimony , to be kept .
16:35 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] The sons of Israel ate the manna forty years , until they came to an inhabited land ; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan .
16:36 - [ In Context | Read Chapter | Discuss this Verse ] [ Original: Hebrew / Greek | Multi-Translation | Make Poster ] (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah .)
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