Exodus 16:20
New International Version
However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

New Living Translation
But some of them didn’t listen and kept some of it until morning. But by then it was full of maggots and had a terrible smell. Moses was very angry with them.

English Standard Version
But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.

Berean Standard Bible
But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

King James Bible
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.

New King James Version
Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.

New American Standard Bible
But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank; and Moses was angry with them.

NASB 1995
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.

NASB 1977
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.

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Amplified Bible
But they did not listen to Moses, and some left a supply of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul and rotten; and Moses was angry with them.

Christian Standard Bible
But they didn’t listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. Therefore Moses was angry with them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But they didn’t listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and smelled. Therefore Moses was angry with them.

American Standard Version
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was wroth with them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they did not listen to Moshe and they left some of it, each man, for the morning, and it caused crawling worms and it stank, and Moshe was angry with them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But they did not hearken to Moses, but some left of it till the morning; and it bred worms and stank: and Moses was irritated with them.

Contemporary English Version
Some of them disobeyed, but the next morning what they kept was stinking and full of worms, and Moses was angry.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they hearkened not to him, but some of them left until the morning, and it began to be full of worms, an it putrefied, and Moses was angry with them.

English Revised Version
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But some of them didn't listen to Moses. They kept part of it until morning, and it was full of worms and smelled bad. So Moses was angry with them.

Good News Translation
But some of them did not listen to Moses and saved part of it. The next morning it was full of worms and smelled rotten, and Moses was angry with them.

International Standard Version
But they did not listen to Moses—some people left part of it until morning, and it produced maggots and smelled bad, so Moses got angry at them.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and rotted; and Moses was wroth with them.

Literal Standard Version
and they have not listened to Moses, and some of them leave of it until morning, and it brings up worms and stinks; and Moses is angry with them.

Majority Standard Bible
But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

New American Bible
But they did not listen to Moses, and some kept a part of it over until morning, and it became wormy and stank. Therefore Moses was angry with them.

NET Bible
But they did not listen to Moses; some kept part of it until morning, and it was full of worms and began to stink, and Moses was angry with them.

New Revised Standard Version
But they did not listen to Moses; some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul. And Moses was angry with them.

New Heart English Bible
Notwithstanding they did not listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was angry with them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Notwithstanding, they hearkened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became offensive; and Moses was wroth with them.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
and they have not hearkened unto Moses, and some of them do leave of it till morning, and it bringeth up worms and stinketh; and Moses is wroth with them.

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Context
Manna and Quail from Heaven
19Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.” 20But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them. 21Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.…

Cross References
Exodus 16:19
Then Moses said to them, "No one may keep any of it until morning."

Exodus 16:21
Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

Exodus 16:24
So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.


Treasury of Scripture

Notwithstanding they listened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.

bred worms

Matthew 6:19
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Luke 12:15,33
And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth…

Hebrews 13:5
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

and Moses

Numbers 12:3
(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)

Numbers 16:15
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.

Mark 3:5
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

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Exodus 16
1. The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread
4. God promises them bread and meat from heaven, and they are rebuked
13. Quail and manna are sent
16. The ordering of manna
25. It was not to be found on the Sabbath
32. An omer of it is preserved














(20) It bred worms.--On the Sabbath it bred no worms (Exodus 16:24), so that we must view the result spoken of as a punishment for disobedience, not as produced naturally. Neither of the natural mannas is subject to any very rapid decomposition.

Verse 20. - It bred worms. This was a supernatural, not a natural result. It served as a sort of punishment of the disobedient, and effectually checked the practice of laying up in store.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
But they did not
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

listen
שָׁמְע֣וּ (šā·mə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Moses;
מֹשֶׁ֗ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

some people
אֲנָשִׁ֤ים (’ă·nā·šîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

left
וַיּוֹתִ֨רוּ (way·yō·w·ṯi·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3498: To jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve

part of
מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

it until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

morning,
בֹּ֔קֶר (bō·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

and it became full of
וַיָּ֥רֻם (way·yā·rum)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

maggots
תּוֹלָעִ֖ים (tō·w·lā·‘îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8438: The crimson-grub, of the color, from it, cloths dyed therewith

and began to smell.
וַיִּבְאַ֑שׁ (way·yiḇ·’aš)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 887: To smell bad, to be offensive

So Moses
מֹשֶֽׁה׃ (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

was angry
וַיִּקְצֹ֥ף (way·yiq·ṣōp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7107: To crack off, burst out in rage

with them.
עֲלֵהֶ֖ם (‘ă·lê·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against


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