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| 1When they journeyed from Elim, the entire company of Israelites came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their exodus from the land of Egypt. | 1On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai. |
| 2The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the desert. | 2And there in the desert they all grumbled against Moses and Aaron. |
| 3The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the LORD 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 desert to kill this whole assembly with hunger!" | 3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!” |
| 4Then the LORD said to Moses, "I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people will go out and gather the amount for each day, so that I may test them. Will they will walk in my law or not? | 4Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions. |
| 5On the sixth day they will prepare what they bring in, and it will be twice as much as they gather every other day." | 5Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.” |
| 6Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "In the evening you will know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt, | 6So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, |
| 7and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your murmurings against the LORD. As for us, what are we, that you should murmur against us?" | 7and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we that you should grumble against us?” |
| 8Moses said, "You will know this when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to satisfy you, because the LORD has heard your murmurings that you are murmuring against him. As for us, what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD." | 8And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.” |
| 9Then Moses said to Aaron, "Tell the whole community of the Israelites, 'Come before the LORD, because he has heard your murmurings.'" | 9Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’ ” |
| 10As Aaron spoke to the whole community of the Israelites and they looked toward the desert, there the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud, | 10And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared. |
| 11and the LORD spoke to Moses: | 11Then the LORD said to Moses, |
| 12"I have heard the murmurings of the Israelites. Tell them, 'During the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be satisfied with bread, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.'" | 12“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’ ” |
| 13In the evening the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew was all around the camp. | 13That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. |
| 14When the layer of dew had evaporated, there on the surface of the desert was a thin flaky substance, thin like frost on the earth. | 14When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground. |
| 15When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you for food. | 15When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. |
| 16"This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Each person is to gather from it what he can eat, an omer per person according to the number of your people; each one will pick it up for whoever lives in his tent.'" | 16This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’ ” |
| 17The Israelites did so, and they gathered--some more, some less. | 17So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less. |
| 18When they measured with an omer, the one who gathered much had nothing left over, and the one who gathered little lacked nothing; each one had gathered what he could eat. | 18When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat. |
| 19Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it until morning." | 19Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.” |
| 20But 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. | 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. |
| 21So they gathered it each morning, each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt. | 21Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. |
| 22And on the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, two omers per person; and all the leaders of the community came and told Moses. | 22On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses. |
| 23He said to them, "This is what the LORD has said: 'Tomorrow is a time of cessation from work, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Whatever you want to bake, bake today; whatever you want to boil, boil today; whatever is left put aside for yourselves to be kept until morning.'" | 23He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’ ” |
| 24So they put it aside until the morning, just as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it. | 24So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots. |
| 25Moses said, "Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the area. | 25“Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field. |
| 26Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any." | 26For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.” |
| 27On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather it, but they found nothing. | 27Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything. |
| 28So the LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions? | 28Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions? |
| 29See, because the LORD has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day." | 29Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.” |
| 30So the people rested on the seventh day. | 30So the people rested on the seventh day. |
| 31The house of Israel called its name "manna." It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey. | 31Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. |
| 32Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Fill an omer with it to be kept for generations to come, so that they may see the food I fed you in the desert when I brought you out from the land of Egypt.'" | 32Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ” |
| 33Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar and put in it an omer full of manna, and place it before the LORD to be kept for generations to come." | 33So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.” |
| 34Just as the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony for safekeeping. | 34And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 35Now the Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was inhabited; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. | 35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan. |
| 36(Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.) | 36(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.) |
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