Exodus 16:21

“And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.”

King James Version (KJV)

Other Translations for Exodus 16:21

And they gathered it euery morning, euery man according to his eating: and when the Sunne waxed hot, it melted.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

They gathered it morning by morning, every man as much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And they took it up morning by morning, every man as he had need: and when the sun was high it was gone.
- Basic English Bible

And they gathered it every morning, every man as much as he could eat; and when the sun became hot, it melted.
- Darby Bible

And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun became hot, it melted.
- Webster's Bible

They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
- World English Bible

And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun hath been warm, then it hath melted.
- Youngs Literal Bible

And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Bible Commentary for Exodus 16:21

Wesley's Notes for Exodus 16:21


16:19 Let no man leave 'till morning - But let them learn to go to bed and sleep quietly, though they had not a bit of bread in their tent, nor in all their camp, trusting God with the following day to bring them their daily bread. Never was there such a market of provisions as this, where so many hundred thousand men were daily furnished without money, and without price: never was there such an open house kept as God kept in the wilderness for 40 years together, nor such free and plentiful entertainment given. And the same wisdom, power and goodness that now brought food daily out of the clouds, doth in the constant course of nature bring food yearly out of the earth, and gives us all things richly to enjoy.

16:23 Here is a plain intimation of the observing a seventh day sabbath, not only before the giving of the law upon mount Sinai, but before the bringing of Israel out of Egypt and therefore from the beginning. If the sabbath had now been first instituted, how could Moses have understood what God said to him, #Ex 16:4|, concerning a double portion to be gathered on the sixth day, without making any express mention of the sabbath? And how could the people so readily take the hint, #Ex 16:22|, even to the surprize of the rulers, before Moses had declared that it was done with regard to the sabbath, if they had not had some knowledge of the sabbath before? The setting apart of one day in seven for holy work, and in order to that for holy rest, was a divine appointment ever since God created man upon the earth.


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