Exodus 16 Free Bible Version
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1 The whole Israelite community left Elim and went to the Desert of Sin, between Elim and Sinai. This was on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt.
1 Y PARTIENDO de Elim toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel, vino al desierto de Sin, que está entre Elim y Sinaí, á los quince días del segundo mes después que salieron de la tierra de Egipto.
2 There in the desert they complained to Moses and Aaron.
2 Y toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel murmuró contra Moisés y Aarón en el desierto;
3 “The Lord should've killed us back in Egypt!” the Israelites told them. “At least there we could sit down beside stewpots of meat and eat bread until we were full. But you had to bring all of us out here in the desert to starve us all to death!”
3 Y decíanles los hijos de Israel: Ojalá hubiéramos muerto por mano de Jehová en la tierra de Egipto, cuando nos sentábamos á las ollas de las carnes, cuando comíamos pan en hartura; pues nos habéis sacado á este desierto, para matar de hambre á toda esta multitud.
4 The Lord told Moses, “Just watch! I'm going to rain down bread from heaven for you! Each day the people are to go out and collect enough for that day. I'm going to test them by this to find out whether they'll follow my instructions or not.
4 Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: He aquí yo os haré llover pan del cielo; y el pueblo saldrá, y cogerá para cada un día, para que yo le pruebe si anda en mi ley, ó no.
5 On the sixth day they are to collect twice as much as usual and prepare it.”
5 Mas al sexto día aparejarán lo que han de encerrar, que será el doble de lo que solían coger cada día.
6 So Moses and Aaron explained to all the Israelites, “This evening you will have the proof that it was the Lord who led you out of Egypt,
6 Entonces dijo Moisés y Aarón á todos los hijos de Israel: A la tarde sabréis que Jehová os ha sacado de la tierra de Egipto:
7 and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord displayed as he responds to the complaints he's heard you making against him. For why should you be complaining to us? We're nobodies!”
7 Y á la mañana veréis la gloria de Jehová; porque él ha oído vuestras murmuraciones contra Jehová; que nosotros, ¿qué somos, para que vosotros murmuréis contra nosotros?
8 Then Moses continued, “The Lord is going to give you meat to eat this evening and as much bread as you want in the morning, for he has heard your complaints against him. Why are you complaining to us nobodies? Your complaints aren't directed against us, but against the Lord.”
8 Y dijo Moisés: Jehová os dará á la tarde carne para comer, y á la mañana pan en hartura; por cuanto Jehová ha oído vuestras murmuraciones con que habéis murmurado contra él: que nosotros, ¿qué somos? vuestras murmuraciones no son contra nosotros, sino contra Jehová.
9 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole Israelite community, ‘Present yourselves before the Lord, because he has heard your complaints.’”
9 Y dijo Moisés á Aarón: Di á toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel: Acercaos á la presencia de Jehová; que él ha oído vuestras murmuraciones.
10 While Aaron was still speaking to all the Israelites, they looked toward the desert and saw the glory of the Lord appear in a cloud.
10 Y hablando Aarón á toda la congregación de los hijos de Israel, miraron hacia el desierto, y he aquí la gloria de Jehová, que apareció en la nube.
11 The Lord told Moses,
11 Y Jehová habló á Moisés, diciendo:
12 “I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘In the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will have as much bread as you want. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’”
12 Yo he oído las murmuraciones de los hijos de Israel; háblales, diciendo: Entre las dos tardes comeréis carne, y por la mañana os hartaréis de pan, y sabréis que yo soy Jehová vuestro Dios.
13 That evening quail flew in and landed, filling the camp. In the morning dew covered the ground all around the camp.
13 Y venida la tarde subieron codornices que cubrieron el real; y á la mañana descendió rocío en derredor del real.
14 Once the dew had gone, there was something thin and flaky on the desert, looking like frost crystals on the ground.
14 Y como el rocío cesó de descender, he aquí sobre la haz del desierto una cosa menuda, redonda, menuda como una helada sobre la tierra.
15 When the Israelites saw it, they asked each another, “What is it?” because they had no idea what it was. So Moses explained to them, “It's the bread the Lord has provided for you to eat.
15 Y viéndolo los hijos de Israel, se dijeron unos á otros: ¿Qué es esto? porque no sabían qué era. Entonces Moisés les dijo: Es el pan que Jehová os da para comer.
16 This is what the Lord has ordered you to do: ‘All of you shall collect as much as is needed. Take an omer for each person in your tent.’”
16 Esto es lo que Jehová ha mandado: cogeréis de él cada uno según pudiere comer; un gomer por cabeza, conforme al número de vuestras personas, tomaréis cada uno para los que están en su tienda.
17 So the Israelites did as they were told. Some collected more, while others collected less.
17 Y los hijos de Israel lo hicieron así: y recogieron unos más, otros menos:
18 But when they measured it out in omers, those who had collected a lot didn't have any left over, while those who had only collected a little still had enough. Each person collected as much as they needed to eat.
18 Y medíanlo por gomer, y no sobraba al que había recogido mucho, ni faltaba al que había recogido poco: cada uno recogió conforme á lo que había de comer.
19 Then Moses said to them, “No one is to leave any of it until the morning.”
19 Y díjoles Moisés: Ninguno deje nada de ello para mañana.
20 But some didn't listen to Moses. They did leave some of it until the morning, and it was full of maggots and smelled bad. Moses became angry with them.
20 Mas ellos no obedecieron á Moisés, sino que algunos dejaron de ello para otro día, y crió gusanos, y pudrióse; y enojóse contra ellos Moisés.
21 So each morning everyone collected as much as they needed, and when the sun became hot, it melted away to nothing.
21 Y recogíanlo cada mañana, cada uno según lo que había de comer: y luego que el sol calentaba, derretíase.
22 However, on the sixth day, they collected twice as much of this food, two omers for each person. All the Israelite leaders came and told Moses what they had done.
22 En el sexto día recogieron doblada comida, dos gomeres para cada uno: y todos los príncipes de la congregación vinieron á Moisés, y se lo hicieron saber.
23 Moses replied, “These are the Lord's instructions: ‘Tomorrow is a special day of rest, a holy Sabbath to honor the Lord. So bake what you want, and boil what you want. Then put to one side what's left and keep it until morning.’”
23 Y él les dijo: Esto es lo que ha dicho Jehová: Mañana es el santo sábado, el reposo de Jehová: lo que hubiereis de cocer, cocedlo hoy, y lo que hubiereis de cocinar, cocinadlo; y todo lo que os sobrare, guardadlo para mañana.
24 So they kept it until morning as Moses had ordered, and it didn't smell bad or have any maggots.
24 Y ellos lo guardaron hasta la mañana, según que Moisés había mandado, y no se pudrió, ni hubo en él gusano.
25 Moses told them, “Eat it today, because today is a Sabbath to honor the Lord. Today you won't find anything out there.
25 Y dijo Moisés: Comedlo hoy, porque hoy es sábado de Jehová: hoy no hallaréis en el campo.
26 You can go out collecting for six days, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it won't be there.”
26 En los seis días lo recogeréis; mas el séptimo día es sábado, en el cual no se hallará.
27 However, on the seventh day some people still went out collecting, but they did not find anything.
27 Y aconteció que algunos del pueblo salieron en el séptimo día á recoger, y no hallaron.
28 The Lord told Moses, “How long are you going to refuse to obey my commands and instructions?
28 Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: ¿Hasta cuándo no querréis guardar mis mandamientos y mis leyes?
29 You need to understand that the Lord has given you the Sabbath, so on the sixth day he will provide you with food for two days. On the seventh day, everyone has to stay where they are—no one needs to go out.”
29 Mirad que Jehová os dió el sábado, y por eso os da en el sexto día pan para dos días. Estése, pues, cada uno en su estancia, y nadie salga de su lugar en el séptimo día.
30 So the people did no work on the seventh day.
30 Así el pueblo reposó el séptimo día.
31 The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers with honey.
31 Y la casa de Israel lo llamó Maná; y era como simiente de culantro, blanco, y su sabor como de hojuelas con miel.
32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has ordered: ‘Keep an omer of manna as a reminder for future generations, so that they can see the food I used to feed you in the desert when I led you out of Egypt.’”
32 Y dijo Moisés: Esto es lo que Jehová ha mandado: Henchirás un gomer de él para que se guarde para vuestros descendientes, á fin de que vean el pan que yo os dí á comer en el desierto, cuando yo os saqué de la tierra de Egipto.
33 So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept as a reminder for future generations.”
33 Y dijo Moisés á Aarón: Toma un vaso, y pon en él un gomer lleno de maná, y ponlo delante de Jehová, para que sea guardado para vuestros descendientes.
34 Aaron did so and placed the jar in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the Lord had ordered Moses.
34 Y Aarón lo puso delante del Testimonio para guardarlo, como Jehová lo mandó á Moisés.
35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to the land where they would settle down—they ate manna until they arrived at the border of Canaan.
35 Así comieron los hijos de Israel maná cuarenta años, hasta que entraron en la tierra habitada: maná comieron hasta que llegaron al término de la tierra de Canaán.
36 (An omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
36 Y un gomer es la décima parte del epha.
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (34)
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- 1 Numbers 33:10–12; Exodus 15:27; Exodus 17:1
- 2 1 Corinthians 10:10; Exodus 15:24; Psalm 106:7; Psalm 106:25; Psalm 106:13
- 3 Numbers 11:4–5; Numbers 20:3–5; Exodus 17:3; Lamentations 4:9; Deuteronomy 28:67
- 4 1 Corinthians 10:3; Psalm 105:40; Deuteronomy 8:2; Psalm 78:24–25; Deuteronomy 8:16
- 5 Exodus 16:22–23; Leviticus 25:21–22; Exodus 35:2–3
- 6 Exodus 6:7; Numbers 16:30; Numbers 16:28; Exodus 16:12–13; Exodus 12:51
- 7 Isaiah 40:5; John 11:40; Numbers 16:11; Isaiah 35:2; John 11:4
- 8 Romans 13:2; 1 Samuel 8:7; Luke 10:16; Numbers 14:27; 1 Thessalonians 4:8
- 9 Numbers 16:16; Exodus 16:8; Exodus 16:2
- 10 Exodus 16:7; Numbers 16:19; Numbers 16:42; Leviticus 9:6; Exodus 13:21–22
- 12 Joel 3:17; Exodus 16:7–8; Exodus 6:7; Ezekiel 39:22; Ezekiel 34:30
- 13 Numbers 11:9; Psalm 78:27–28; Psalm 105:40; Numbers 11:31–33
- 14 Deuteronomy 8:3; Nehemiah 9:15; Psalm 105:40; Psalm 78:24; Numbers 11:7–9
- 15 Exodus 16:4; John 6:58; John 6:31–32; Exodus 16:31; 1 Corinthians 10:3
- 16 Exodus 16:36; Exodus 16:18; Exodus 16:32–33
- 18 2 Corinthians 8:14–15
- 19 Exodus 12:10; Exodus 23:18; Matthew 6:34; Exodus 16:23
- 20 Mark 10:14; James 5:2–3; Hebrews 13:5; Mark 3:5; Luke 12:33
- 21 John 12:35; Ecclesiastes 12:1; Matthew 6:33; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Ecclesiastes 9:10
- 22 Exodus 16:5; Exodus 16:16; Leviticus 25:22; Exodus 34:31; Leviticus 25:12
- 23 Leviticus 23:3; Exodus 20:8–11; Exodus 31:15; Exodus 35:2–3; Genesis 2:2–3
- 24 Exodus 16:20; Exodus 16:33
- 25 Exodus 16:23; Exodus 16:29; Nehemiah 9:14
- 26 Exodus 20:9–11; Ezekiel 46:1; Deuteronomy 5:13; Luke 13:14
- 27 Proverbs 20:4
- 28 Psalm 78:10; 2 Kings 17:14; Psalm 106:13; Ezekiel 20:13; Numbers 14:11
- 29 Exodus 31:13; Isaiah 58:13–14; Ezekiel 20:12; Luke 23:56; Nehemiah 9:14
- 30 Deuteronomy 5:12–14; Hebrews 4:9; Leviticus 23:3
- 31 Numbers 11:6–9; Song of Songs 2:3; Exodus 16:15
- 32 Psalm 105:5; Luke 22:19; Psalm 111:4–5; Hebrews 2:1; Psalm 103:1–2
- 33 Hebrews 9:4
- 34 Exodus 25:16; Exodus 25:21; Exodus 27:21; Numbers 17:10; Exodus 40:20
- 35 Nehemiah 9:20–21; Joshua 5:12; John 6:30–58; Deuteronomy 8:2–3; Deuteronomy 1:8
- 36 Exodus 16:16; Exodus 16:32–33
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Unto Whom saith the heart of the faithful, I will be filled, not with the flesh-pots of the Egyptians, nor with melons and gourds, and garlick and onions, which a generation crooked and embittering did prefer even to bread celestial, nor with visible manna, and those same winged fowls; but, "I will be filled, when Thy glory shall be made …
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… is no profit:" if the heathen forsook their idols, to come to the God of Israel; ought Israel whom their own God led from Egypt through the Red Sea, wherein He overwhelmed their pursuing foes; whom He led out into the wilderness, fed with manna, never took His rod from correcting them, never deprived them of the blessings of His …
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