Exodus verse by verse

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Exodus 16:3
3 The 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."

 

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Exodus 16:4
4 Then 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.

 

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Exodus 16:5
5 On 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."

 

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Exodus 16:6
So 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,

 

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Exodus 16:7
7 and 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?"

 

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Exodus 16:8
8 Moses 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.'

 

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Exodus 16:9
9 Then Moses told Aaron, "Say to the entire Israelite community, 'Come before the LORD, for he has heard your grumbling.'"

 

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Exodus 16:10
10 While 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.

 

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Exodus 16:11
11 The LORD said to Moses,

 

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Exodus 16:12
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.'"

 

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Exodus 16:13
13 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

 

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Exodus 16:14
14 When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor.

 

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Exodus 16:15
15 When 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,

 

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Exodus 16:16
16 This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Each one is to gather as much as he needs. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.'"

 

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Exodus 16:17
17 The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little.

 

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Exodus 16:18
18 And when they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much did not have too much, and he who gathered little did not have too little. Each one gathered as much as he needed.

 

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Exodus 16:19
19 Then Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it until morning."

 

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Exodus 16:20
20 However, 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.

 

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Exodus 16:21
21 Each morning everyone gathered as much as he needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

 

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Exodus 16:22
22 On 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.