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| 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. | 1The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt. |
| 2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: | 2In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. |
| 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. | 3The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death." |
| 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. | 4Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. |
| 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. | 5On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days." |
| 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: | 6So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "In the evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of Egypt, |
| 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? | 7and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?" |
| 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. | 8Moses also said, "You will know that it was the LORD when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the LORD." |
| 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. | 9Then Moses told Aaron, "Say to the entire Israelite community, 'Come before the LORD, for he has heard your grumbling.'" |
| 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. | 10While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the cloud. |
| 11And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, | 11The LORD said to Moses, |
| 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. | 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.'" |
| 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. | 13That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. |
| 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. | 14When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. |
| 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. | 15When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread the LORD has given you to eat. |
| 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. | 16This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.'" |
| 17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. | 17The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. |
| 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. | 18And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed. |
| 19And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. | 19Then Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it until morning." |
| 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. | 20However, 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. |
| 21And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. | 21Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. |
| 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. | 22On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much--two omers for each person--and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. |
| 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. | 23He said to them, "This is what the LORD commanded: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.'" |
| 24And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. | 24So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. |
| 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. | 25"Eat it today," Moses said, "because today is a sabbath to the LORD. You will not find any of it on the ground today. |
| 26Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. | 26Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be 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. | 27Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. |
| 28And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? | 28Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? |
| 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. | 29Bear in mind that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out." |
| 30So the people rested on the seventh day. | 30So the people rested on the seventh day. |
| 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. | 31The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. |
| 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. | 32Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.'" |
| 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. | 33So Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the LORD to be kept for the generations to come." |
| 34As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. | 34As the LORD commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, so that it might be preserved. |
| 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. | 35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan. |
| 36Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. | 36(An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.) |
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