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| 1Later, they left Elim, and the whole congregation of the Israelis came to the desert of Sin, which lay between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. | 1And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto 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. |
| 2The whole congregation of the Israelis complained against Moses and Aaron in the desert. | 2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: |
| 3The Israelis told them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in the land of Egypt when we sat by the cooking pots, when we ate bread until we were filled—because you brought us to this desert to kill this entire congregation with hunger." | 3And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. |
| 4The LORD told Moses, "Listen very carefully! I'll cause food to rain down for you from heaven, and the people are to go out and gather each day's portion on that day. In this way I'll test them to demonstrate whether or not they'll live according to my instructions. | 4Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. |
| 5On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be double what they gather on other days." | 5And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. |
| 6So Moses and Aaron addressed the entire congregation of the Israelis: "This evening you will know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt, | 6And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: |
| 7and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your complaints against him. After all, who are we that you complain against us?" | 7And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? |
| 8Moses also said, "When the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread in the morning to satisfy you, the LORD will hear your complaints directed against him. Who are we? Your complaints aren't against us, but rather against the LORD." | 8And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. |
| 9Then Moses instructed Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the Israelis, 'Come near into the LORD's presence, because he has heard your complaints.'" | 9And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. |
| 10While Aaron was speaking to all the congregation of the Israelis, they turned toward the desert, and there the glory of the LORD was seen in the cloud. | 10And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. |
| 11The LORD told Moses, | 11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
| 12"I've heard the complaints of the Israelis. Tell them, 'At twilight you are to eat meat and in the morning you are to be filled with bread, so you may know that I am the LORD your God.'" | 12I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. |
| 13Later that evening quail came up and covered the camp, and then in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. | 13And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. |
| 14When the layer of dew evaporated, on the surface of the desert a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost, appeared on the ground. | 14And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. |
| 15When the Israelis saw it, they asked one another, "What is it?", because they did not know what it was. Moses told them, "It's the food that the LORD has given you to eat. | 15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. |
| 16This is what the LORD has commanded: 'You are to gather from it what each person is to eat, about one omer per person according to the number of your people, and one person is to gather for everyone in his tent.'" | 16This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. |
| 17The Israelis did this, some gathering much, some little. | 17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. |
| 18When they measured it with a vessel the capacity of which was one omer, the one who gathered much did not have an excess, while the one who gathered little did not lack. They gathered exactly what each needed to eat. | 18And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. |
| 19Then Moses told them, "No one is to leave any of it until morning." | 19And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. |
| 20But 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. | 20Notwithstanding 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. |
| 21Every morning they gathered it, according to what each needed to eat; and when the sun became hot, it melted. | 21And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. |
| 22On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, about two omers per person. Then all the leaders of the congregation came and reported to Moses, | 22And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. |
| 23and he told them, "This is what the LORD said: 'Tomorrow is a Sabbath observance, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil, and put aside whatever remains to be kept for yourselves until morning.'" | 23And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. |
| 24So they put it away until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not smell bad, and there were no maggots in it. | 24And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. |
| 25Moses said, "Eat it today, since today is a Sabbath to the LORD, and today you won't find it in the field. | 25And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. |
| 26For six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there won't be any." | 26Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. |
| 27Nevertheless, that seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find any. | 27And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. |
| 28Then the LORD asked Moses, "How long will you people refuse to keep my commandments and my instructions? | 28And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? |
| 29You see that the LORD has given you the Sabbath, and so on the sixth day he gives you food for two days. Let each person stay where he is; let no one leave his place on the seventh day." | 29See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. |
| 30So the people rested on the seventh day. | 30So the people rested on the seventh day. |
| 31The Israelis named it "manna". It was white like coriander seed, and tasted like a wafer made with honey. | 31And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. |
| 32Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Set aside one omer of it for future generations, so that they may see the food with which I fed you in the desert when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'" | 32And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. |
| 33Then Moses told Aaron, "Take a jar, fill it with about one omer of manna, and place it in the LORD's presence, to be preserved throughout future generations." | 33And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. |
| 34So Aaron placed it before the Testimony to be kept, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. | 34As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. |
| 35The Israelis ate manna for 40 years until they came to a land where they could settle. They ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. | 35And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. |
| 36Now one omer is a tenth of an ephah. | 36Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. |
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