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Exodus 16
Het Boek
Exodus 16
Het Boek
Brood uit de hemel
16 Na het vertrek uit Elim kwamen de Israëlieten in de woestijn Sin tussen Elim en de Sinaï. Dat was zes weken na hun vertrek uit Egypte. 2 In die woestijn beklaagden de Israëlieten zich tegenover Mozes en Aäron en zeiden: 3 ‘Waarom heeft de Here ons niet gewoon in Egypte laten sterven! Daar waren de vleespotten vol en hadden we in elk geval genoeg te eten, maar in deze woestijn zullen we allemaal verhongeren.’
4 Toen zei de Here tegen Mozes: ‘Luister, Ik zal voor hen brood uit de hemel laten regenen. Iedereen mag elke dag net zoveel eten verzamelen als hij die dag nodig heeft. Ik zal hen daarmee op de proef stellen om te zien of zij mijn opdrachten uitvoeren. 5 Zeg hun dat zij de zesde dag van de week tweemaal zoveel eten verzamelen als op de andere dagen.’
6 Mozes en Aäron riepen de Israëlieten bijeen en zeiden: ‘Vanavond zullen jullie merken dat het de Here was die ons uit Egypte heeft bevrijd. 7 En morgenochtend zullen jullie nog meer van zijn glorie zien. Hij heeft jullie klachten tegen Hem gehoord. Hij weet dat jullie niet tegen ons klagen, want wie zijn wij tenslotte? 8 De Here zal jullie ʼs avonds vlees en ʼs morgens brood te eten geven. 9 Kom nu voor de Here staan en luister naar zijn antwoord op jullie klachten.’
10 Aäron riep iedereen samen en terwijl hij nog sprak, werd aller blik getrokken naar de woestijn, want daar verscheen de heerlijkheid van de Here vanuit de wolk die hen leidde. 11,12 Toen sprak de Here met Mozes en zei: ‘Ik heb de klachten van de Israëlieten gehoord. Zeg tegen hen: ʼs Avonds zult u vlees eten en ʼs morgens kunt u worden verzadigd met brood. Dan zult u erkennen dat Ik, de Here, uw God ben.’
13 Die avond kwam een grote zwerm kwartels uit de lucht en bedekte het kamp en ʼs morgens lag er een laag dauw rond het kamp. 14 Toen de dauw was opgetrokken, bleef er een dunne, schilferachtige laag op de woestijnbodem achter. 15 De Israëlieten vroegen zich verwonderd af wat dat kon zijn. Mozes verklaarde het raadsel: ‘Dit is het brood dat de Here u als voedsel geeft. 16 De Here heeft gezegd dat iedereen het naar behoefte mag verzamelen, neem voor iedere tentgenoot 2,2 liter mee.’
17 De Israëlieten verlieten het kamp en verzamelden het brood. 18 Toen zij het afmaten, bleek dat er precies genoeg was voor iedereen! Wie veel had verzameld, hield niets over, en wie weinig had verzameld, kwam niets tekort. 19 Mozes zei tegen hen: ‘U mag het niet tot de volgende dag bewaren.’ 20 Maar sommigen geloofden hem niet en bewaarden toch een deel tot de volgende dag, maar toen kropen de wormen eruit en het stonk. Mozes werd boos omdat zij niet hadden geluisterd.
21 Iedereen verzamelde elke morgen zoveel als hij nodig had. En wanneer de zon meer kracht kreeg, smolt het weg. 22 Op de zesde dag verzamelden zij twee maal zoveel brood als gewoonlijk: vier viertiende liter per persoon. De leiders van het volk kwamen Mozes echter vragen waarom zij tweemaal zoveel moesten verzamelen. 23 Hij legde het hun uit. ‘Dit heeft de Here mij gezegd: “Morgen is het een rustdag, een heilige sabbat voor de Here, kook of bak zoveel als nodig is en bewaar dat voor de volgende dag.” ’ 24 Zij lieten het eten tot de volgende morgen liggen, zoals Mozes had gezegd, er zaten geen wormen in en het stonk ook niet.
25 Mozes zei verder: ‘Dit is uw eten voor vandaag, want het is de sabbat van de Here en vandaag zal er geen brood op de grond te vinden zijn. 26 Zes dagen kunt u het verzamelen, maar op de zevende dag niet, dan is het een rustdag.’ 27 Toen enkele mensen op de ochtend van de zevende dag toch gingen zoeken, vonden zij niets. Daarom zei de Here tegen Mozes: 28,29 ‘Hoelang zullen deze mensen blijven weigeren Mij te gehoorzamen? De Here heeft de sabbat ingesteld en daarom geeft Hij op de zesde dag brood voor twee dagen. Iedereen moet in zijn tent blijven en niet naar brood gaan zoeken.’ 30 Toen rustte het volk op de zevende dag. 31 Zij noemden het brood ‘manna’ (dat betekent: ‘Wat is het?’). Het was wit als korianderzaad en smaakte naar honingkoek. 32 Toen gaf Mozes het volk nog een opdracht van de Here: zij moesten 2,2 liter van het manna bewaren, zodat latere generaties het brood konden zien, waarmee de Here zijn volk in de woestijn voedde toen zij uit Egypte waren weggetrokken. 33 Mozes zei tegen Aäron: ‘Haal een kruik, doe daar 2,2 liter manna in en bewaar het voor de komende geslachten op de plaats waar de Heer aanwezig is.’ 34 Aäron deed wat de Here Mozes had opgedragen en bewaarde het manna naast de ark in de tabernakel.
35 Veertig jaar lang aten de Israëlieten het manna, totdat zij in het land Kanaän aankwamen. 36 Voor het afmeten van het manna gebruikte men een vaste maat, een vat van tweeëntwintig en een halve kilo.
Exodus 16
Darby Translation
Exodus 16
Darby Translation
16 And they journeyed from Elim, and the whole assembly of the children of Israel came into the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure out of the land of Egypt.
2 And the whole assembly of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.
3 And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation with hunger!
4 Then said Jehovah to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather the daily need on its day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.
5 And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare what they have brought in; and it shall be twice as much as they shall gather daily.
6 And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, In the evening, then shall ye know that Jehovah has brought you out from the land of Egypt;
7 and in the morning, then shall ye see the glory of Jehovah; for he has heard your murmurings against Jehovah;—and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
8 And Moses said, When Jehovah gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for Jehovah hears your murmurings which ye murmur against him … and what [are] we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.
9 And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the assembly of the children of Israel, Come near into the presence of Jehovah; for he has heard your murmurings.
10 And it came to pass, when Aaron spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, that they turned toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud.
11 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Between the two evenings ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God.
13 And it came to pass in the evening, that quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay round the camp.
14 And when the dew that lay [round it] was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there was [something] fine, granular, fine as hoar-frost, on the ground.
15 And the children of Israel saw [it], and said one to another, What is it? for they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat.
16 This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded: Gather of it every man according to what he can eat, an omer a poll, [according to] the number of your persons: ye shall take every man for those that are in his tent.
17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some much, some little.
18 And they measured with the omer: then he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little wanted nothing: they had gathered every man according to the measure of his eating.
19 And Moses said to them, Let no man leave [any] of it until the morning.
20 But they did not hearken to Moses; and some men left of it until the morning; then worms bred in it and it stank. And Moses was wroth with them.
21 And they gathered it every morning, every man as much as he could eat; and when the sun became hot, it melted.
22 And it came to pass on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one; and all the princes of the assembly came and told Moses.
23 And he said to them, This is what Jehovah has said: To-morrow is the rest, the holy sabbath, of Jehovah: bake what ye will bake, and cook what ye will cook; and lay up for yourselves all that remains over, to be kept for the morning.
24 And they laid it up for the morning, as Moses had commanded; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm in it.
25 And Moses said, Eat it to-day; for to-day is sabbath to Jehovah: to-day ye shall not find it in the field.
26 Six days shall ye gather it; but on the seventh day is sabbath: on it there shall be none.
27 And it came to pass on the seventh day that there went out [some] from the people to gather [it], and they found none.
28 And Jehovah said to Moses, How long do ye refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See, for Jehovah hath given you the sabbath; therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread for two days. Abide every man in his place: let no man go from his place on the seventh day.
30 And the people rested on the seventh day.
31 And the house of Israel called its name Manna; and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like cake with honey.
32 And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded: Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread that I gave you to eat in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.
33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put in it an omer full of manna, and deposit it before Jehovah, to be kept for your generations.
34 As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so Aaron deposited it before the Testimony, to be kept.
35 And the children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came into an inhabited land: they ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
36 Now an omer is the tenth [part] of an ephah.
Exodus 16
New International Version
Exodus 16
New International Version
Manna and Quail
16 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin,(A) which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt.(B) 2 In the desert the whole community grumbled(C) against Moses and Aaron. 3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt!(D) There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food(E) we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”(F)
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will rain down bread from heaven(G) for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test(H) them and see whether they will follow my instructions. 5 On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice(I) as much as they gather on the other days.”
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,(J) 7 and in the morning you will see the glory(K) of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling(L) against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?”(M) 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(N) against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.”(O)
9 Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’”
10 While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory(P) of the Lord appearing in the cloud.(Q)
11 The Lord said to Moses, 12 “I have heard the grumbling(R) 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.’”(S)
13 That evening quail(T) came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew(U) around the camp. 14 When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost(V) on the ground appeared on the desert floor. 15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know(W) what it was.
Moses said to them, “It is the bread(X) the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer[a](Y) for each person you have in your tent.’”
17 The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. 18 And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.(Z) Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.
19 Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”(AA)
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.(AB) So Moses was angry(AC) with them.
21 Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. 22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice(AD) as much—two omers[b] for each person—and the leaders of the community(AE) came and reported this to Moses. 23 He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath(AF) to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’”
24 So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. 25 “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a sabbath to the Lord. You will not find any of it on the ground today. 26 Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath,(AG) there will not be any.”
27 Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. 28 Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you[c] refuse to keep my commands(AH) and my instructions? 29 Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 The people of Israel called the bread manna.[d](AI) It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. 32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.’”
33 So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omer of manna(AJ) in it. Then place it before the Lord to be kept for the generations to come.”
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law,(AK) so that it might be preserved. 35 The Israelites ate manna(AL) forty years,(AM) until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.(AN)
Footnotes
- Exodus 16:16 That is, possibly about 3 pounds or about 1.4 kilograms; also in verses 18, 32, 33 and 36
- Exodus 16:22 That is, possibly about 6 pounds or about 2.8 kilograms
- Exodus 16:28 The Hebrew is plural.
- Exodus 16:31 Manna sounds like the Hebrew for What is it? (see verse 15).
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