Exodus 16:21 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 16:21

19 And Moses said, “Let no one ^aleave any of it till morning.”

20 Notwithstanding they did not¹ heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.

21 So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.

22 And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

23 Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is ^aa Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’ ”

24 So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not ^astink, nor were there any worms in it.

25 Then Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field.

26 ^aSix days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”

27 Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none.

28 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long ^ado you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?

29 See! For the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain 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 its name¹ Manna. And ^ait was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

32 Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Fill an omer with it, to be kept for 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.’ ”

Verse Comparison: Exodus 16:21

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American Standard Version
And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

Amplified® Bible
They gathered it every morning, each as much as he needed, for when the sun became hot it melted.

Contemporary English Version
Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and in the heat of the day the rest melted.

Darby English Version
And they gathered it every morning, every man as much as he could eat; and when the sun became hot, it melted.

Good News Bible
Every morning each one gathered as much as he needed; and when the sun grew hot, what was left on the ground melted.

King James Version
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

New American Standard Bible
They gathered it morning by morning, every man as much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt.

New International Version
Each morning everyone gathered as much as he needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

New King James Version
So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
They gathered it morning by morning, every man as much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt.

Revised Standard Version
Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.

Young's Literal Translation
And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun hath been warm, then it hath melted.

New English Translation
So they gathered it each morning,¹ each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt.²

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