Verse 4

Exodus 16:4

American Standard Version

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4 Then said Jehovah unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day`s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל מֹשֶׁ֔ה הִנְ/נִ֨י מַמְטִ֥יר לָ/כֶ֛ם לֶ֖חֶם מִן הַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ/יָצָ֨א הָ/עָ֤ם וְ/לָֽקְטוּ֙ דְּבַר י֣וֹם בְּ/יוֹמ֔/וֹ לְמַ֧עַן אֲנַסֶּ֛/נּוּ הֲ/יֵלֵ֥ךְ בְּ/תוֹרָתִ֖/י אִם לֹֽא

English Translation

And the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread for you from the heavens, and the people shall go out and gather a thing each day, so that I may test them whether they will walk in My law or not."

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Chapter 16 Context

1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto... Focus ↗

2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the... Focus ↗

3 and the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land... Focus ↗

4 Then said Jehovah unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go...

5 And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it... Focus ↗

6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that Jehovah h... Focus ↗

7 and in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of Jehovah; for that he heareth your murmurings agai... Focus ↗

8 And Moses said, [This shall be], when Jehovah shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the... Focus ↗

9 And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before... Focus ↗

10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they... Focus ↗

11 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Focus ↗

12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat... Focus ↗

13 And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the d... Focus ↗

14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing,... Focus ↗

15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? For they knew not what... Focus ↗

16 This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; a... Focus ↗

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

18 And when they measured it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered... Focus ↗

19 And Moses said unto them, Let no man leave of it till the morning. Focus ↗

20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it... Focus ↗

21 And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed h... Focus ↗

22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one... Focus ↗

23 And he said unto them, This is that which Jehovah hath spoken, Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy sab... Focus ↗

24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not become foul, neither was there a... Focus ↗

25 And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto Jehovah: to-day ye shall not find it i... Focus ↗

26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. Focus ↗

27 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they f... Focus ↗

28 And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? Focus ↗

29 See, for that Jehovah hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread... Focus ↗

30 So the people rested on the seventh day. Focus ↗

31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and th... Focus ↗

32 And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Let an omerful of it be kept through... Focus ↗

33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before Jeh... Focus ↗

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

35 And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they... Focus ↗

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

Verse Information

Book: Exodus
Chapter: Chapter 16 (36 verses)
Version: American Standard Version

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