| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt. | 1Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. |
| 2In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. | 2The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. |
| 3The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the LORD's hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death." | 3The sons of Israel said to them, "Would that we had died by the LORD'S hand 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." |
| 4Then the LORD said to Moses, "I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. | 4Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction. |
| 5On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days." | 5"On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily." |
| 6So 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, | 6So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, "At evening you will know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt; |
| 7and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?" | 7and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, for He hears your grumblings against the LORD; and what are we, that you grumble against us?" |
| 8Moses 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 against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the LORD." | 8Moses said, "This will happen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for the LORD hears your grumblings which you grumble against Him. And what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD." |
| 9Then Moses told Aaron, "Say to the entire Israelite community, 'Come before the LORD, for he has heard your grumbling.'" | 9Then Moses said to Aaron, "Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, 'Come near before the LORD, for He has heard your grumblings.'" |
| 10While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the LORD appearing in the cloud. | 10It came about as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. |
| 11The LORD said to Moses, | 11And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 12"I have heard the grumbling 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.'" | 12"I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God.'" |
| 13That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. | 13So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. |
| 14When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. | 14When the layer of dew evaporated, behold, on the surface of the wilderness there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground. |
| 15When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread the LORD has given you to eat. | 15When the sons 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, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat. |
| 16This is what the LORD has commanded: 'Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer for each person you have in your tent.'" | 16"This is what the LORD has commanded, 'Gather of it every man as much as he should eat; you shall take an omer apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent.'" |
| 17The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. | 17The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little. |
| 18And 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. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed. | 18When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat. |
| 19Then Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it until morning." | 19Moses said to them, "Let no man leave any of it until morning." |
| 20However, 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. So Moses was angry with them. | 20But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them. |
| 21Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. | 21They gathered it morning by morning, every man as much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt. |
| 22On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much--two omers for each person--and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. | 22Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. When all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses, |
| 23He said to them, "This is what the LORD commanded: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath 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.'" | 23then he said to them, "This is what the LORD meant: Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over put aside to be kept until morning." |
| 24So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. | 24So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm 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. | 25Moses said, "Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the field. |
| 26Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any." | 26"Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be none." |
| 27Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. | 27It came about on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. |
| 28Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? | 28Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions? |
| 29Bear 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." | 29"See, the LORD has given you the sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day." |
| 30So the people rested on the seventh day. | 30So the people rested on the seventh day. |
| 31The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. | 31The house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey. |
| 32Moses 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.'" | 32Then Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded, 'Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'" |
| 33So Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the LORD to be kept for the generations to come." | 33Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar and put an omerful of manna in it, and place it before the LORD to be kept throughout your generations." |
| 34As the LORD commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, so that it might be preserved. | 34As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony, to be kept. |
| 35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan. | 35The sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. |
| 36(An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.) | 36(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.) |
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