16:1 And they departed from Aelim, and all
the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin,
which is between Aelim and Sina; and on the fifteenth day, in the second
month after their departure from the land of Egypt,
16:2 all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses
and Aaron.
16:3 And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by
Yehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and ate bread
to satiety! for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all
this congregation with hunger.
16:4 And Yehovah said to Moses, Behold, I [will] rain bread upon you out of
heaven: and the people shall go forth, and they shall gather their daily
portion for the day, that I may try them whether they will walk in my law or
not.
16:5 And it shall come to pass on the sixth day that they shall prepare
whatsoever they have brought in, and it shall be double of what they shall
have gathered for the day, daily.
16:6 And Moses and Aaron said to all the congregation of the children of
Israel, At even ye shall know that Yehovah has brought you out of the land
of Egypt;
16:7 and in the morning ye shall see the glory of Yehovah, inasmuch as he
hears your murmuring against Elohim; and who are we, that ye continue to murmur
against us?
16:8 And Moses said, [This shall be] when Yehovah gives you in the evening
flesh to eat, and bread in the morning to satiety, because Yehovah has
heard your murmuring, which ye murmur against us: and what are we? for your
murmuring is not against us, but against Elohim.
16:9 And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of
Israel, Come near before Elohim; for he has heard your murmuring.
16:10 And when Aaron spoke to all the congregation of the children of
Israel, and they turned toward the wilderness, then the glory of Yehovah
appeared in a cloud.
16:11 And Yehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
16:12 I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: speak to them,
saying, Towards evening ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be
satisfied with bread; and ye shall know that I am Yehovah your Elohim.
16:13 And it was evening, and quails came up and covered the camp:
16:14 in the morning it came to pass as the dew ceased round about the camp,
that, behold, on the face of the wilderness [was] a small thing like white
coriander seed, as frost upon the earth.
16:15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What
is this? for they knew not what it was; and Moses said to them,
16:16 This [is] the bread which Yehovah has given you to eat. This is that
which Yehovah has appointed: gather of it each man for his family, a homer
for each person, according to the number of your souls, gather each of you
with his fellow-lodgers.
16:17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some much and some
less.
16:18 And having measured the homer [full], he that gathered much had
nothing over, and he that had gathered less had no lack; each gathered
according to the need of those who belonged to him.
16:19 And Moses said to them, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
16:20 But they did not hearken to Moses, bu some left of it till the
morning; and it bred worms and stank: and Moses was irritated with them.
16:21 And they gathered it every morning, each man what he needed, and when
the sun waxed hot it melted.
16:22 And it came to pass on the sixth day, they gathered double what was
needed, two homers for one [man]; and all the chiefs of the synagogue went
in and reported it to Moses.
16:23 And Moses said to them, Is not this the word which Yehovah spoke?
To-morrow [is] the sabbath, a holy rest to Yehovah: bake that ye will bake,
and seethe that ye will seethe, and all that is over leave to be laid by for
the morrow.
16:24 And they left of it till the morning, as Moses commanded them; and it
stank not, neither was there a worm in it.
16:25 And Moses said, Eat [that] to-day, for to-day is a sabbath to the
Lord: [it] shall not be found in the plain.
16:26 Six days ye shall gather it, and on the seventh day is a sabbath, for
there shall be none on that [day].
16:27 And it came to pass on the seventh day [that] some of the people went
forth to gather, and found none.
16:28 And Yehovah said to Moses, How long are ye unwilling to hearken to my
commands and my law?
16:29 See, for Yehovah has given you this day [as] the sabbath, therefore
he has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days: ye shall sit each
of you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the seventh
day.
16:30 And the people kept sabbath on the seventh day.
16:31 And the children of Israel called the name of it Man; and it was as
white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey.
16:32 And Moses said, This [is] the thing which Yehovah hath commanded,
Fill an homer with manna, to be laid up for your generations; that they may
see the bread which ye ate in the wilderness, when Yehovah led you forth
out of the land of Egypt.
16:33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a golden pot, and cast into it one full
homer of manna; and thou shalt lay it up before Elohim, to be kept for your
generations,
16:34 as Yehovah commanded Moses: and Aaron laid it up before the testimony
to be kept.
16:35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to
the land they ate the manna, until they came to the region of Phoenicia.
16:36 Now the homer was the tenth part of three measures. |
16:1 And 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.
16:2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against
Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
16:3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to Elohim we had died by
the hand of Yehovah 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.
16:4 Then said Yehovah 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.
16:5 And 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.
16:6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then
ye shall know that Yehovah hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
16:7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of Yehovah; for that
he heareth your murmurings against Yehovah: and what are we, that ye murmur
against us?
16:8 And Moses said, This shall be, when Yehovah shall give you in the
evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the
Yehovah heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we?
your murmurings are not against us, but against Yehovah.
16:9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the
children of Israel, Come near before Yehovah: for he hath heard your
murmurings.
16:10 And 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 Yehovah appeared in the cloud.
16:11 And Yehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
16:12 I 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 Yehovah your Elohim.
16:13 And 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.
16:14 And 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.
16:15 And 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 Yehovah hath given you to eat.
16:16 This is the thing which Yehovah 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.
16:17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
16:18 And 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.
16:19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
16:20 Notwithstanding 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.
16:21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating:
and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
16:22 And 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.
16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which Yehovah hath said, To
morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto Yehovah: 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.
16:24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not
stink, neither was there any worm therein.
16:25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the
Yehovah: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
16:26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the
sabbath, in it there shall be none.
16:27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the
seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
16:28 And Yehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my
commandments and my laws?
16:29 See, for that Yehovah 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.
16:30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
16:31 And 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.
16:32 And Moses said, This is the thing which Yehovah 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.
16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna
therein, and lay it up before Yehovah, to be kept for your generations.
16:34 As Yehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony,
to be kept.
16:35 And 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.
16:36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. |