Exodus · Unlocked Literal Bible
Exodus 16 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 The people journeyed on from Elim, and all the community of Israelites 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.
1 They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
2 The whole community of Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
2 The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by Yahweh's hand in the land of Egypt when we were sitting by the pots of meat and were eating bread to the full. For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill our whole community with hunger.”
3 and the children of Israel said to them, “We wish that we had died by Yahweh’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
4 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people will go out and gather a day's portion every day so that I may test them to see whether or not they will walk in my law.
4 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.
5 It will come about on the sixth day, that they will gather twice as much as what they gathered every day before, and they will cook what they bring in.”
5 It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”
6 Then Moses and Aaron said to all the people of Israel, “In the evening you will know that it is Yahweh who has brought you out from the land of Egypt.
6 Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, “At evening, you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from the land of Egypt.
7 In the morning you will see Yahweh's glory, for he hears your complaining against him. Who are we for you to complain against us?”
7 In the morning, you shall see Yahweh’s glory; because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh. Who are we, that you murmur against us?”
8 Moses also said, “You will know this when Yahweh gives you meat in the evening and bread in the morning to the full—for he has heard the complaints that you speak against him. Who are Aaron and I? Your complaints are not against us; they are against Yahweh.”
8 Moses said, “Now Yahweh will give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you, because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh.”
9 Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the community of the people of Israel, 'Come near before Yahweh, for he has heard your complaints.'”
9 Moses said to Aaron, “Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come close to Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.’”
10 It came about, as Aaron spoke to the whole community of the people of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, Yahweh's glory appeared in the cloud.
10 As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, Yahweh’s glory appeared in the cloud.
11 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
12 “I have heard the complaints of the people of Israel. Speak to them and say, 'In the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God.'”
12 “I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God.’”
13 It came about in the evening that quails came up and covered the camp. In the morning the dew lay round about the camp.
13 In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
14 When the dew was gone, there on the surface of the wilderness were thin flakes like frost on the ground.
14 When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.
15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said one to another, “What is it?” They did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that Yahweh has given you to eat.
15 When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat.
16 This is the command that Yahweh has given: 'You must gather, each one of you, the amount you need to eat, an omer for each person of the number of your people. This is how you will gather it: Gather enough to eat for every person who lives in your tent.'”
16 This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: ‘Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.’”
17 The people of Israel did so. Some gathered more, some gathered less.
17 The children of Israel did so, and some gathered more, some less.
18 When they measured it with an omer measure, those who had gathered much had nothing left over, and those who had gathered little had no lack. Each person gathered enough to meet their need.
18 When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They each gathered according to his eating.
19 Then Moses said to them, “No one must leave any of it until morning.”
19 Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.”
20 However, they did not listen to Moses. Some of them left some of it until morning, but it bred worms and became foul. Then Moses became angry with them.
20 Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, so it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
21 They gathered it morning by morning. Each person gathered enough to eat for that day. When the sun became hot, it melted.
21 They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
22 It came about that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each person. All the leaders of the community came and told this to Moses.
22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
23 He said to them, “This is what Yahweh has said: 'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath in Yahweh's honor. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. All that remains over, set it aside for yourselves until morning.'”
23 He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’”
24 So they set it aside until morning, as Moses had instructed. It did not become foul, nor was there any worm in it.
24 They laid it up until the morning, as Moses ordered, and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it.
25 Moses said, “Eat that food today, for today is a day reserved as a Sabbath to honor Yahweh. Today you will not find it in the fields.
25 Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field.
26 You will gather it during six days, but the seventh day is the Sabbath. On the Sabbath there will be no manna.”
26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.”
27 It came about on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather manna, but they found none.
27 On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
28 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
28 Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See, Yahweh has given you the Sabbath. So on the sixth day he is giving you bread for two days. Each of you must stay in his own place; no one must go out from his place on the seventh day.”
29 Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 The people of Israel called that food “manna.” It was white like coriander seed, and its taste was like wafers made with honey.
31 The house of Israel called its name “Manna”, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
32 Moses said, “This is what Yahweh has commanded: 'Let an omer of manna be kept throughout your people's generations so that your descendants might see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, after I brought you out from the land of Egypt.'”
32 Moses said, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, ‘Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
33 Moses said to Aaron, “Take a pot and put an omer of manna into it. Preserve it before Yahweh to be kept throughout the people's generations.”
33 Moses said to Aaron, “Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept throughout your generations.”
34 As Yahweh commanded Moses, Aaron stored it beside the covenant decrees in the ark.
34 As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
35 The people of Israel ate manna forty years until they came to inhabited land. They ate it until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
35 The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
36 Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.
36 Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.
People & places in this chapter
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People
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)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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 …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)