Exodus 16 (NET)

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Exodus 16:1¹When they journeyed from Elim, the entire company of Israelites came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their exodus from the land of Egypt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 33:10-12 Exod 15:27 Exod 17:1

Exodus 16:2²The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:10 Exod 15:24 Ps 106:25 Ps 106:7 Exod 14:11 Ps 106:13 Gen 19:4

Exodus 16:3³The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 11:4-5 Exod 17:3 Num 20:3-5 Deut 28:67 Lam 4:9 Jer 2:6 Num 14:2 1 Cor 4:8 Exod 2:23 Josh 7:7

Exodus 16:4⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people will go out and gather the amount for each day, so that I may test them. Will they walk in my law or not?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Cor 10:3 Deut 8:2 Ps 78:24-25 Deut 8:16 Exod 15:25 John 6:31-32 Ps 105:40 Matt 6:11 Neh 9:15 Josh 24:15

Exodus 16:5⁵On the sixth day they will prepare what they bring in, and it will be twice as much as they gather every other day.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 16:22-23 Lev 25:21-22 Exod 35:2-3

Exodus 16:6⁶Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “In the evening you will know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 6:7 Exod 16:12-13 Num 16:28 Num 16:30 Exod 12:51 Exod 16:3 Exod 16:8 Exod 32:1 Exod 32:11 Exod 32:7

Exodus 16:7⁷and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your murmurings against the Lord. As for us, what are we, that you should murmur against us?”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 40:5 John 11:40 Num 16:11 Exod 16:10 Isa 35:2 John 11:4 Exod 40:34 Num 14:10 Num 16:42 Exod 24:10

Exodus 16:8⁸Moses said, “You will know this when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to satisfy you, because the Lord has heard your murmurings that you are murmuring against him. As for us, what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Rom 13:2 1 Sam 8:7 Luke 10:16 1 Thess 4:8 Num 14:27 Num 21:7 1 Cor 10:10 Exod 16:12 Exod 16:9 Isa 32:6

Exodus 16:9⁹Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole community of the Israelites, ‘Come before the Lord, because he has heard your murmurings.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 16:16 Exod 16:2 Exod 16:8

Exodus 16:10¹⁰As Aaron spoke to the whole community of the Israelites and they looked toward the wilderness, there the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 16:7 Num 16:19 Num 16:42 1 Kgs 8:10-11 Exod 13:21-22 Lev 9:6 Exod 40:34-38 Matt 17:5 Num 14:10

Exodus 16:11¹¹and the Lord spoke to Moses,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Exodus 16:12¹²“I have heard the murmurings of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘During the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be satisfied with bread, so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Joel 3:17 Exod 16:7-8 Exod 6:7 Ezek 39:22 Exod 4:5 Exod 7:17 Ezek 34:30 Jer 31:24 Zech 13:9

Exodus 16:13¹³In the evening the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew was all around the camp.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 11:9 Ps 105:40 Ps 78:27-28 Num 11:31-33

Exodus 16:14¹⁴When the layer of dew had evaporated, there on the surface of the wilderness was a thin flaky substance, thin like frost on the earth.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 8:3 Neh 9:15 Num 11:7-9 Ps 105:40 Ps 78:24 Exod 16:31 Ps 147:16

Exodus 16:15¹⁵When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you for food.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 16:4 John 6:31-32 John 6:58 Exod 16:31 1 Cor 10:3 Deut 8:3 John 6:49 Josh 5:12 Neh 9:15 Neh 9:20

Exodus 16:16¹⁶“This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Each person is to gather from it what he can eat, an omer per person according to the number of your people; each one will pick it up for whoever lives in his tent.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 16:36 Exod 16:18 Exod 16:32-33

Exodus 16:17¹⁷The Israelites did so, and they gathered—some more, some less.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Exodus 16:18¹⁸When they measured with an omer, the one who gathered much had nothing left over, and the one who gathered little lacked nothing; each one had gathered what he could eat.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 8:14-15

Exodus 16:19¹⁹Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 12:10 Exod 23:18 Matt 6:34 Exod 16:23

Exodus 16:20²⁰But they did not listen to Moses; some kept part of it until morning, and it was full of worms and began to stink, and Moses was angry with them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eph 4:26 Heb 13:5 Jas 5:2-3 Luke 12:15 Luke 12:33 Mark 10:14 Mark 3:5 Matt 6:19 Num 16:15 Num 12:3

Exodus 16:21²¹So they gathered it each morning, each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:2 Eccl 12:1 Eccl 9:10 John 12:35 Matt 6:33 Prov 6:6-11

Exodus 16:22²²And on the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, two omers per person; and all the leaders of the community came and told Moses.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 16:5 Exod 16:16 Exod 34:31 Lev 25:12 Lev 25:22

Exodus 16:23²³He said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is a time of cessation from work, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Whatever you want to bake, bake today; whatever you want to boil, boil today; whatever is left put aside for yourselves to be kept until morning.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lev 23:3 Exod 20:8-11 Exod 31:15 Exod 35:2-3 Gen 2:2-3 Exod 23:12 Luke 23:56 Mark 2:27-28 Num 11:8 Rev 1:10

Exodus 16:24²⁴So they put it aside until the morning, just as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 16:20 Exod 16:33

Exodus 16:25²⁵Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the area.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 16:23 Exod 16:29 Neh 9:14

Exodus 16:26²⁶Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 20:9-11 Deut 5:13 Ezek 46:1 Luke 13:14

Exodus 16:27²⁷On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather it, but they found nothing.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Prov 20:4

Exodus 16:28²⁸So the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 78:10 2 Kgs 17:14 Ps 106:13 Ezek 20:13 Num 14:11 Ps 78:22 Exod 10:3 Ezek 20:16 Ezek 5:6 Isa 7:13

Exodus 16:29²⁹See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 31:13 Isa 58:13-14 Ezek 20:12 Luke 23:56 Neh 9:14

Exodus 16:30³⁰So the people rested on the seventh day.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Deut 5:12-14 Heb 4:9 Lev 23:3

Exodus 16:31³¹The house of Israel called its name “manna.” It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Num 11:6-9 Exod 16:15 Song 2:3

Exodus 16:32³²Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Fill an omer with it to be kept for generations to come, so that they may see the food I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out from the land of Egypt.’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 105:5 Luke 22:19 Ps 111:4-5 Heb 2:1 Ps 103:1-2

Exodus 16:33³³Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put in it an omer full of manna, and place it before the Lord to be kept for generations to come.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 9:4

Exodus 16:34³⁴Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the ark of the testimony for safekeeping.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Exod 25:16 Exod 25:21 Exod 27:21 Exod 40:20 Num 17:10 Deut 10:5 Exod 30:36 Exod 30:6 Exod 31:18 1 Kgs 8:9