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Exodus

Chapter 16

1 And they took their journey from Elim,
and all the congregation of the children of Israel
came unto the desert 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 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel
murmured against Moses and Aaron in the desert:
3 And the children of Israel said unto them,
'If only that' we had died
  {idiom: literally 'if that'}
by the hand of Jehovah/God in the land of Egypt,
when we sat by the flesh pots,
and when we did eat bread to the full . . .
for you have brought us forth into this desert,
to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

4 Then said Jehovah/God 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 test/prove them . . .
whether they will Walk in My law, or not.

{Note: People often are confused as to 'what is the right thing to do'. The right thing to do . . . is whatever God says it is. Here God is giving the Jews very specific instructions on when and how to eat Manna from heaven. To some who are positive, the manna will taste wonderful. To others who are negative, it will taste horrible. That is the same way today. To some the 'bread of life' (bible doctrine) tastes sweet, to others it is sour.}

5 And 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.

6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel,
At evening,
then you shall know that Jehovah/God
has brought you out from the land of Egypt.

7 And in the morning,
then you shall see the glory of Jehovah/God;
for that He hears your murmurings against Jehovah/God.

And what are we, that you murmur against us?

8 And Moses said,
This shall be, when Jehovah/God
shall give you in the evening flesh to eat,
and in the morning bread to the full;
for that Jehovah/God hears your murmurings
which you murmur against Him.

And what are we?

Your murmurings are not against us,
but against Jehovah/God.

9 And Moses spoke unto Aaron,
Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel,
Come near before Jehovah/God
for He has heard your murmurings.

10 And it came to pass,
as Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation
of the children of Israel,
that they looked toward the desert,
and, behold, the glory of Jehovah/God
appeared in the cloud.

11 And Jehovah/God spoke unto Moses, saying, 12
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel.

Speak unto them, saying,
At evening you shall eat flesh,
and in the morning you shall be filled with bread;
and you shall know that I am Jehovah/God
your 'Elohiym/Godhead.

13 And it came to pass,
that at evening the quails came up,
and covered the camp.

And in the morning the dew lay round
about the multitude/host/people/army.

14 And when the dew that lay was gone up,
behold, upon the face of the desert
there lay a small round thing,
as small as the basin-frost on the ground.

15 And when the children of Israel saw it,
they said one to another,
It is manna.
  {man - means 'what is it?'}

For they knew/wist not what it was.

And Moses said unto them,
This is the bread which Jehovah/God has given you to eat.

16 This is the thing which Jehovah/God has commanded,
Gather of it every man according to his eating,
an omer for every man,
  {`omer - a dry measure of 1/10 ephah (about 2 liters)}
according to the number of your persons;
take you every man for those who are in his tents.

17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered,
some more, some less.

18 And when they did mete it with an omer,
he who gathered much had nothing over,
and he who gathered little had no lack;
they gathered every man according to his eating.

19 And Moses said,
Let no man leave of it till the morning.

20 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 angry/wroth with them.

21 And they gathered it every morning,
every man according to his eating
and when the sun grew/waxed hot, it melted.

22 And 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.

23 And he said unto them,
This is that which Jehovah/God has said,
Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto Jehovah/God.

Bake that which you will bake today,
and seethe who you will seethe;
and that which remains over
lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade
and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.

25 And Moses said, Eat that today;
for today is a Sabbath unto Jehovah/God.

Today you shall not find it in the field.

26 Six days you shall gather it;
but on the seventh day,
which is the Sabbath,
in it there shall be none.

{Always a Few Who do Not Believe or Do not Listen Carefully}
27 And it came to pass,
that there went out some of the people
on the seventh day for to gather,
and they found none.

28 And Jehovah/God said unto Moses,
How long refuse you to keep my commandments and my laws?

29 See, for that Jehovah/God has given you the Sabbath,
therefore He gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days;
abide you every man in his place,
let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

31 And 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.

{Note: This is the description of manna of the people who were positive to God and His Word.}

32 And Moses said,
This is the thing which Jehovah/God commands,
Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations;
that they may see the bread
wherewith I have fed you in the desert,
when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

33 And Moses said unto Aaron,
Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein,
and lay it up before Jehovah/God,
to be kept for your generations.

34 As Jehovah/God commanded Moses,
so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony,
to be kept.

35 And 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.

36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

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