Exodus 16:15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 On seeing it, the Israelites asked one another, “What is this?”[a] for they did not know what it was. But Moses told them, “It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.(A)
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- 16:15 What is this: the Hebrew man hu is thus rendered by the ancient versions, which understood the phrase as a popular etymology of the Hebrew word man, “manna”; but some render man hu, “This is manna.”
Exodus 16:15
English Standard Version
15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, (A)“What is it?”[a] For they (B)did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, (C)“It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.
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- Exodus 16:15 Or “It is manna”; Hebrew man hu
Exodus 16:15
King James Version
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 the Lord hath given you to eat.
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Exodus 16:15
New King James Version
15 So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.
And Moses said to them, (A)“This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.
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