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Exodus 16 (WEBP)

[1] They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
[2] The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
[3] and the children of Israel said to them, “We wish that we had died by Yahweh’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
[4] Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.
[5] It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.”
[6] Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, “At evening, you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from the land of Egypt.
[7] In the morning, you shall see Yahweh’s glory; because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh. Who are we, that you murmur against us?”
[8] Moses said, “Now Yahweh will give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you, because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh.”
[9] Moses said to Aaron, “Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come close to Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.’ ”
[10] As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, Yahweh’s glory appeared in the cloud.
[11] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
[12] “I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God.’ ”
[13] In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
[14] When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.
[15] When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat.
[16] This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: ‘Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.’ ”
[17] The children of Israel did so, and some gathered more, some less.
[18] When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They each gathered according to his eating.
[19] Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.”
[20] Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, so it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.
[21] They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
[22] On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
[23] He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’ ”
[24] They laid it up until the morning, as Moses ordered, and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it.
[25] Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field.
[26] Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.”
[27] On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
[28] Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?
[29] Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”
[30] So the people rested on the seventh day.
[31] The house of Israel called its name “Manna”, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
[32] Moses said, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded, ‘Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ”
[33] Moses said to Aaron, “Take a pot, and put an omer-full of manna in it, and lay it up before Yahweh, to be kept throughout your generations.”
[34] As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
[35] The children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
[36] Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.

Exodus 16:16 An omer is about 2.2 liters or about 2.3 quarts
Exodus 16:31 “Manna” means “What is it?”
Exodus 16:36 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Exodus 16 (KJVS)

[1] And they took their journey () from Elim , and all the congregation of the children of Israel came () unto the wilderness of Sin , which [is] between Elim and Sinai , on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out () of the land of Egypt .
[2] And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured () against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness :
[3] And the children of Israel said () unto them, Would to God () we had died () by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt , when we sat () by the flesh pots , [and] when we did eat () bread to the full ; for ye have brought us forth () into this wilderness , to kill () this whole assembly with hunger .
[4] Then said () the LORD unto Moses , Behold, I will rain () bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out () and gather () a certain rate every day , that I may prove () them, whether they will walk () in my law , or no.
[5] And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare () [that] which they bring in (); and it shall be twice as much as they gather () daily .
[6] And Moses and Aaron said () unto all the children of Israel , At even , then ye shall know () that the LORD hath brought you out () from the land of Egypt :
[7] And in the morning , then ye shall see () the glory of the LORD ; for that he heareth () your murmurings against the LORD : and what [are] we , that ye murmur () (8675) () against us?
[8] And Moses said (), [This shall be], when the LORD shall give () you in the evening flesh to eat (), and in the morning bread to the full (); for that the LORD heareth () your murmurings which ye murmur () against him: and what [are] we ? your murmurings [are] not against us, but against the LORD .
[9] And Moses spake () unto Aaron , Say () unto all the congregation of the children of Israel , Come near () before the LORD : for he hath heard () your murmurings .
[10] And it came to pass, as Aaron spake () unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel , that they looked () toward the wilderness , and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared () in the cloud .
[11] And the LORD spake () unto Moses , saying (),
[12] I have heard () the murmurings of the children of Israel : speak () unto them, saying (), At even ye shall eat () flesh , and in the morning ye shall be filled () with bread ; and ye shall know () that I [am] the LORD your God .
[13] And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up (), and covered () the camp : and in the morning the dew lay round about the host .
[14] And when the dew that lay was gone up (), behold, upon the face of the wilderness [there lay] a small round thing (), [as] small as the hoar frost on the ground .
[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 .
[16] This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded (), Gather () of it every man according to his eating , an omer for every man , [according to] the number of your persons ; take () ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents .
[17] And the children of Israel did () so, and gathered (), some more (), some less ().
[18] And when they did mete () [it] with an omer , he that gathered much () had nothing over (), and he that gathered little () had no lack (); they gathered () every man according to his eating .
[19] And Moses said (), Let no man leave () of it till the morning .
[20] Notwithstanding they hearkened () not unto Moses ; but some of them left () of it until the morning , and it bred () worms , and stank (): and Moses was wroth () with them.
[21] And they gathered () it every morning , every man according to his eating : and when the sun waxed hot (), it melted ().
[22] And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered () twice as much bread , two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came () and told () Moses .
[23] And he said () unto them, This [is that] which the LORD hath said (), To morrow [is] the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD : bake () [that] which ye will bake () [to day], and seethe () that ye will seethe (); and that which remaineth over () lay up () for you to be kept until the morning .
[24] And they laid it up () till the morning , as Moses bade (): and it did not stink (), neither was there any worm therein.
[25] And Moses said (), Eat () that to day ; for to day [is] a sabbath unto the LORD : to day ye shall not find () it in the field .
[26] Six days ye shall gather () it; but on the seventh day , [which is] the sabbath , in it there shall be none.
[27] And it came to pass, [that] there went out () [some] of the people on the seventh day for to gather (), and they found () none.
[28] And the LORD said () unto Moses , How long refuse () ye to keep () my commandments and my laws ?
[29] See (), for that the LORD hath given () you the sabbath , therefore he giveth () you on the sixth day the bread of two days ; abide () ye every man in his place, let no man go out () of his place on the seventh day .
[30] So the people rested () on the seventh day .
[31] And the house of Israel called () the name thereof Manna : and it [was] like coriander seed , white ; and the taste of it [was] like wafers [made] with honey .
[32] And Moses said (), This [is] the thing which the LORD commandeth (), Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations ; that they may see () the bread wherewith I have fed () you in the wilderness , when I brought you forth () from the land of Egypt .
[33] And Moses said () unto Aaron , Take () a pot , and put () an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up () before the LORD , to be kept for your generations .
[34] As the LORD commanded () Moses , so Aaron laid it up () before the Testimony , to be kept .
[35] And the children of Israel did eat () manna forty years , until they came () to a land inhabited (); they did eat () manna , until they came () unto the borders of the land of Canaan .
[36] Now an omer [is] the tenth [part] of an ephah .

Young’s Literal Translation

Exodus 16 (YLT)

[1] And they journey from Elim, and all the company of the sons of Israel come in unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month of their going out from the land of Egypt.
[2] And all the company of the sons of Israel murmur against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;
[3] and the sons of Israel say unto them, ‘Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety-for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.’
[4] And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘Lo, I am raining to you bread from the heavens-and the people have gone out and gathered the matter of a day in its day-so that I try them whether they walk in My law, or not;
[5] and it hath been on the sixth day, that they have prepared that which they bring in, and it hath been double above that which they gather day by day.’
[6] And Moses saith-Aaron also-unto all the sons of Israel, ‘Evening-and ye have known that Jehovah hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;
[7] and morning-and ye have seen the honour of Jehovah, in His hearing your murmurings against Jehovah, and what are we, that ye murmur against us?’
[8] And Moses saith, ‘In Jehovah’s giving to you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning to satiety-in Jehovah’s hearing your murmurings, which ye are murmuring against Him, and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.’
[9] And Moses saith unto Aaron, ‘Say unto all the company of the sons of Israel, Come ye near before Jehovah, for He hath heard your murmurings;’
[10] and it cometh to pass, when Aaron is speaking unto all the company of the sons of Israel, that they turn towards the wilderness, and lo, the honour of Jehovah is seen in the cloud.
[11] And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
[12] ‘I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel; speak unto them, saying, Between the evenings ye eat flesh, and in the morning ye are satisfied with bread, and ye have known that I am Jehovah your God.’
[13] And it cometh to pass in the evening, that the quail cometh up, and covereth the camp, and in the morning there hath been the lying of dew round about the camp,
[14] and the lying of the dew goeth up, and lo, on the face of the wilderness a thin, bare thing, thin as hoar-frost on the earth.
[15] And the sons of Israel see, and say one unto another, ‘What is it?’ for they have not known what it is; and Moses saith unto them, ‘It is the bread which Jehovah hath given to you for food.
[16] ‘This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Gather of it each according to his eating, an omer for a poll; and the number of your persons, take ye each for those in his tent.’
[17] And the sons of Israel do so, and they gather, he who is gathering much, and he who is gathering little;
[18] and they measure with an omer, and he who is gathering much hath nothing over, and he who is gathering little hath no lack, each according to his eating they have gathered.
[19] And Moses saith unto them, ‘Let no man leave of it till morning;’
[20] and they have not hearkened unto Moses, and some of them do leave of it till morning, and it bringeth up worms and stinketh; and Moses is wroth with them.
[21] And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun hath been warm, then it hath melted.
[22] And it cometh to pass on the sixth day, they have gathered a second bread, two omers for one, and all the princes of the company come in, and declare to Moses.
[23] And he saith unto them, ‘It is that which Jehovah hath spoken of; a rest-a holy sabbath to Jehovah-is to-morrow; that which ye bake, bake; and that which ye boil, boil; and all that is over, let rest for yourselves in charge till the morning.’
[24] And they let it rest until the morning, as Moses hath commanded, and it hath not stank, and a worm hath not been in it.
[25] And Moses saith, ‘Eat it to-day, for to-day is a sabbath to Jehovah; to-day ye find it not in the field:
[26] six days ye do gather it, and in the seventh day-the sabbath-in it there is none.’
[27] And it cometh to pass on the seventh day, some of the people have gone out to gather, and have not found.
[28] And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘How long have ye refused to keep My commands, and My laws?
[29] see, because Jehovah hath given to you the sabbath, therefore He is giving to you on the sixth day bread of two days; abide ye each in his place, no one doth go out from his place on the seventh day.’
[30] And the people rest on the seventh day,
[31] and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it is as coriander seed, white; and its taste is as a cake with honey.
[32] And Moses saith, ‘This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Fill the omer with it, for a charge for your generations, so that they see the bread which I have caused you to eat in the wilderness, in My bringing you out from the land of Egypt.’
[33] And Moses saith unto Aaron, ‘Take one pot, and put there the fulness of the omer of manna, and let it rest before Jehovah, for a charge for your generations;’
[34] as Jehovah hath given commandment unto Moses, so doth Aaron let it rest before the Testimony, for a charge.
[35] And the sons of Israel have eaten the manna forty years, until their coming in unto the land to be inhabited; the manna they have eaten till their coming in unto the extremity of the land of Canaan.
[36] and the omer is a tenth of the ephah.