Exodus 16:11-17
New American Standard Bible
11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “(A)I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, ‘[a]At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and (B)you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”
13 So it came about at evening that (C)the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning (D)there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14 (E)When the layer of dew [b]evaporated, behold, on the [c]surface of the wilderness (F)there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground. 15 When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “[d]What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “(G)It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is [e]what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone gather [f]as much as he will eat; you shall take [g](H)an omer apiece according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’” 17 The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little.
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- Exodus 16:12 Lit Between the two evenings
- Exodus 16:14 Lit had gone up
- Exodus 16:14 Lit face of
- Exodus 16:15 Heb Man hu, cf. v 31
- Exodus 16:16 Lit the thing which
- Exodus 16:16 Lit according to his eating
- Exodus 16:16 Lit an omer for a head; about 3 qt. or 2.8 liters
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