Verse 15
Exodus 16:15
Bible in Basic English
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And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּרְא֣וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וַ/יֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ אִ֤ישׁ אֶל אָחִי/ו֙ מָ֣ן ה֔וּא כִּ֛י לֹ֥א יָדְע֖וּ מַה ה֑וּא וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֲלֵ/הֶ֔ם ה֣וּא הַ/לֶּ֔חֶם אֲשֶׁ֨ר נָתַ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה לָ/כֶ֖ם לְ/אָכְלָֽה
English Translation
And the children of Israel saw and said to one another, "What is it?" for they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat."
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Chapter 16 Context
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And they went on their way from Elim, and all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Sin...
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And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:
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And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to de...
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Then the Lord said to Moses, See, I will send down bread from heaven for you; and the people will go...
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And on the sixth day they are to make ready what they get in, and it will be twice as much as they g...
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And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, This evening it will be clear to you that it...
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And in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord; for your angry words against the Lord have co...
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And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in fu...
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And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the people of Israel, Come near before the Lord for he has given...
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10
And while Aaron was talking to the children of Israel, their eyes were turned in the direction of th...
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And the Lord said to Moses,
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12
The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will hav...
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And it came about that in the evening little birds came up and the place was covered with them: and...
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14
And when the dew was gone, on the face of the earth was a small round thing, like small drops of ice...
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15
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea w...
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This is what the Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate of one...
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And the children of Israel did so, and some took more and some less.
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And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had nothing over, and he who had little had enoug...
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And Moses said to them, Let nothing be kept till the morning.
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But they gave no attention to Moses, and some of them kept it till the morning and there were worms...
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And they took it up morning by morning, every man as he had need: and when the sun was high it was g...
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And on the sixth day they took up twice as much of the bread, two omers for every person: and all th...
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And he said, This is what the Lord has said, Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord:...
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And they kept it till the morning as Moses had said: and no smell came from it, and it had no worms.
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And Moses said, Make your meal today of what you have, for this day is a Sabbath to the Lord: today...
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For six days you will get it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.
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But still on the seventh day some of the people went out to get it, and there was not any.
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And the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?
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See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth day bread enough for two...
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So the people took their rest on the seventh day.
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And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like ca...
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And Moses said, This is the order which the Lord has given: Let one omer of it be kept for future ge...
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And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot and put one omer of manna in it, and put it away before the Lord...
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So Aaron put it away in front of the holy chest to be kept, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
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And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with p...
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Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
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