Exodus 16 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Exodus 17

¹All the congregation of the children of Israel traveled from the wilderness of Sin, starting according to Yahweh’s commandment, and encamped in Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink.

KJVAnd all the congregation^H5712 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 journeyed^H5265^(H8799) from the wilderness^H4057 of Sin^H5512, after their journeys^H4550, according to the commandment^H6310 of the LORD^H3068, and pitched^H2583^(H8799) in Rephidim^H7508: and there was no water^H4325 for the people^H5971 to drink^H8354^(H8800).

² Therefore the people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.” Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test Yahweh?”

KJVWherefore the people^H5971 did chide^H7378^(H8799) with Moses^H4872, and said^H559^(H8799), Give^H5414^(H8798) us water^H4325 that we may drink^H8354^(H8799). And Moses^H4872 said^H559^(H8799) unto them, Why chide^H7378^(H8799) ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt^H5254^(H8762) the LORD^H3068?

³ The people were thirsty for water there; so the people murmured against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us, our children, and our livestock with thirst?”

KJVAnd the people^H5971 thirsted^H6770^(H8799) there for water^H4325; and the people^H5971 murmured^H3885^(H8686) against Moses^H4872, and said^H559^(H8799), Wherefore is this that thou hast brought^H5927^(H8689) us up out of Egypt^H4714, to kill^H4191^(H8687) us and our children^H1121 and our cattle^H4735 with thirst^H6772?

⁴ Moses cried to Yahweh, saying, “What shall I do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.”

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 cried^H6817^(H8799) unto the LORD^H3068, saying^H559^(H8800), What shall I do^H6213^(H8799) unto this people^H5971? they be almost^H4592 ready to stone^H5619^(H8804) me.

⁵ Yahweh said to Moses, “Walk on before the people, and take the elders of Israel with you, and take the rod in your hand with which you struck the Nile, and go.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto Moses^H4872, Go on^H5674^(H8798) before^H6440 the people^H5971, and take^H3947^(H8798) with thee of the elders^H2205 of Israel^H3478; and thy rod^H4294, wherewith thou smotest^H5221^(H8689) the river^H2975, take^H3947^(H8798) in thine hand^H3027, and go^H1980^(H8804).

⁶ Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb. You shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

KJVBehold, I will stand^H5975^(H8802) before^H6440 thee there upon the rock^H6697 in Horeb^H2722; and thou shalt smite^H5221^(H8689) the rock^H6697, and there shall come^H3318^(H8804) water^H4325 out of it, that the people^H5971 may drink^H8354^(H8804). And Moses^H4872 did^H6213^(H8799) so in the sight^H5869 of the elders^H2205 of Israel^H3478.

⁷ He called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because the children of Israel quarreled, and because they tested Yahweh, saying, “Is Yahweh among us, or not?”

KJVAnd he called^H7121^(H8799) the name^H8034 of the place^H4725 Massah^H4532, and Meribah^H4809, because of the chiding^H7379 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, and because they tempted^H5254^(H8763) the LORD^H3068, saying^H559^(H8800), Is^H3426 the LORD^H3068 among^H7130 us, or not?

⁸ Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

KJVThen came^H935^(H8799) Amalek^H6002, and fought^H3898^(H8735) with Israel^H3478 in Rephidim^H7508.

⁹ Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.”

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 said^H559^(H8799) unto Joshua^H3091, Choose us out^H977^(H8798) men^H582, and go out^H3318^(H8798), fight^H3898^(H8734) with Amalek^H6002: to morrow^H4279 I will stand^H5324^(H8737) on the top^H7218 of the hill^H1389 with the rod^H4294 of God^H430 in mine hand^H3027.

¹⁰ So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

KJVSo Joshua^H3091 did^H6213^(H8799) as Moses^H4872 had said^H559^(H8804) to him, and fought^H3898^(H8736) with Amalek^H6002: and Moses^H4872, Aaron^H175, and Hur^H2354 went up^H5927^(H8804) to the top^H7218 of the hill^H1389.

¹¹ When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

KJVAnd it came to pass, when Moses^H4872 held up^H7311^(H8686) his hand^H3027, that Israel^H3478 prevailed^H1396^(H8804): and when he let down^H5117^(H8686) his hand^H3027, Amalek^H6002 prevailed^H1396^(H8804).

¹² But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset.

KJVBut Moses^H4872' hands^H3027 were heavy^H3515; and they took^H3947^(H8799) a stone^H68, and put^H7760^(H8799) it under him, and he sat^H3427^(H8799) thereon; and Aaron^H175 and Hur^H2354 stayed up^H8551^(H8804) his hands^H3027, the one on the one side^H259, and the other on the other side^H259; and his hands^H3027 were steady^H530 until the going down^H935^(H8800) of the sun^H8121.

¹³ Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

KJVAnd Joshua^H3091 discomfited^H2522^(H8799) Amalek^H6002 and his people^H5971 with the edge^H6310 of the sword^H2719.

¹⁴ Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto Moses^H4872, Write^H3789^(H8798) this for a memorial^H2146 in a book^H5612, and rehearse^H7760^(H8798) it in the ears^H241 of Joshua^H3091: for I will utterly^H4229^(H8800) put out^H4229^(H8799) the remembrance^H2143 of Amalek^H6002 from under heaven^H8064.

¹⁵ Moses built an altar, and called its name “Yahweh our Banner”.

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 built^H1129^(H8799) an altar^H4196, and called^H7121^(H8799) the name^H8034 of it Jehovahnissi^H3071:

¹⁶ He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”

KJVFor he said^H559^(H8799), Because the LORD^H3050 hath sworn^H3027^H3676 that the LORD^H3068 will have war^H4421 with Amalek^H6002 from generation^H1755 to generation^H1755.

WEB·Exodus 16

¹They 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.

KJVAnd they took their journey^H5265^(H8799) from Elim^H362, and all the congregation^H5712 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 came^H935^(H8799) unto the wilderness^H4057 of Sin^H5512, which is between Elim^H362 and Sinai^H5514, on the fifteenth^H2568^H6240 day^H3117 of the second^H8145 month^H2320 after their departing out^H3318^(H8800) of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714.

² The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness;

KJVAnd the whole congregation^H5712 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 murmured^H3885^(H8735) against Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175 in the wilderness^H4057:

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.”

KJVAnd the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 said^H559^(H8799) unto them, Would to God^H4310^H5414^(H8799) we had died^H4191^(H8800) by the hand^H3027 of the LORD^H3068 in the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, when we sat^H3427^(H8800) by the flesh^H1320 pots^H5518, and when we did eat^H398^(H8800) bread^H3899 to the full^H7648; for ye have brought us forth^H3318^(H8689) into this wilderness^H4057, to kill^H4191^(H8687) this whole assembly^H6951 with hunger^H7458.

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.

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) the LORD^H3068 unto Moses^H4872, Behold, I will rain^H4305^(H8688) bread^H3899 from heaven^H8064 for you; and the people^H5971 shall go out^H3318^(H8804) and gather^H3950^(H8804) a certain rate^H1697 every day^H3117^H3117, that I may prove^H5254^(H8762) them, whether they will walk^H3212^(H8799) in my law^H8451, or no.

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.”

KJVAnd it shall come to pass, that on the sixth^H8345 day^H3117 they shall prepare^H3559^(H8689) that which^H834 they bring in^H935^(H8686); and it shall be twice^H4932 as much as they gather^H3950^(H8799) daily^H3117^H3117.

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.

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 and Aaron^H175 said^H559^(H8799) unto all the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, At even^H6153, then ye shall know^H3045^(H8804) that the LORD^H3068 hath brought you out^H3318^(H8689) from the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714:

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?”

KJVAnd in the morning^H1242, then ye shall see^H7200^(H8804) the glory^H3519 of the LORD^H3068; for that he heareth^H8085^(H8800) your murmurings^H8519 against the LORD^H3068: and what are we^H5168, that ye murmur^H3885^(H8686)^(H8675)^H3885^(H8735) 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.”

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 said^H559^(H8799), This shall be, when the LORD^H3068 shall give^H5414^(H8800) you in the evening^H6153 flesh^H1320 to eat^H398^(H8800), and in the morning^H1242 bread^H3899 to the full^H7646^(H8800); for that the LORD^H3068 heareth^H8085^(H8800) your murmurings^H8519 which ye murmur^H3885^(H8688) against him: and what are we^H5168? your murmurings^H8519 are not against us, but against the LORD^H3068.

⁹ Moses said to Aaron, “Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come close to Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.’”

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 spake^H559^(H8799) unto Aaron^H175, Say^H559^(H8798) unto all the congregation^H5712 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, Come near^H7126^(H8798) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068: for he hath heard^H8085^(H8804) your murmurings^H8519.

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.

KJVAnd it came to pass, as Aaron^H175 spake^H1696^(H8763) unto the whole congregation^H5712 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478, that they looked^H6437^(H8799) toward the wilderness^H4057, and, behold, the glory^H3519 of the LORD^H3068 appeared^H7200^(H8738) in the cloud^H6051.

¹¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 spake^H1696^(H8762) unto Moses^H4872, saying^H559^(H8800),

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.’”

KJVI have heard^H8085^(H8804) the murmurings^H8519 of the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478: speak^H1696^(H8761) unto them, saying^H559^(H8800), At even^H996^H6153 ye shall eat^H398^(H8799) flesh^H1320, and in the morning^H1242 ye shall be filled^H7646^(H8799) with bread^H3899; and ye shall know^H3045^(H8804) that I am the LORD^H3068 your God^H430.

¹³ In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.

KJVAnd it came to pass, that at even^H6153 the quails^H7958 came up^H5927^(H8799), and covered^H3680^(H8762) the camp^H4264: and in the morning^H1242 the dew^H2919 lay^H7902 round about^H5439 the host^H4264.

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.

KJVAnd when the dew^H2919 that lay^H7902 was gone up^H5927^(H8799), behold, upon the face^H6440 of the wilderness^H4057 there lay a small^H1851 round thing^H2636^(H8794), as small^H1851 as the hoar frost^H3713 on the ground^H776.

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.

KJVAnd when the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 saw^H7200^(H8799) it, they said^H559^(H8799) one^H376 to another^H251, It is manna^H4478: for they wist^H3045^(H8804) not what it was. And Moses^H4872 said^H559^(H8799) unto them, This is the bread^H3899 which the LORD^H3068 hath given^H5414^(H8804) you to eat^H402.

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.’”

KJVThis is the thing^H1697 which^H834 the LORD^H3068 hath commanded^H6680^(H8765), Gather^H3950^(H8798) of it every man^H376 according^H6310 to his eating^H400, an omer^H6016 for every man^H1538, according to the number^H4557 of your persons^H5315; take^H3947^(H8799) ye every man^H376 for them which are in his tents^H168.

¹⁷ The children of Israel did so, and some gathered more, some less.

KJVAnd the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 did^H6213^(H8799) so, and gathered^H3950^(H8799), some more^H7235^(H8688), some less^H4591^(H8688).

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.

KJVAnd when they did mete^H4058^(H8799) it with an omer^H6016, he that gathered much^H7235^(H8688) had nothing over^H5736^(H8689), and he that gathered little^H4591^(H8688) had no lack^H2637^(H8689); they gathered^H3950^(H8804) every man^H376 according^H6310 to his eating^H400.

¹⁹ Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.”

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 said^H559^(H8799), Let no man^H376 leave^H3498^(H8686) of it till the morning^H1242.

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.

KJVNotwithstanding they hearkened^H8085^(H8804) not unto Moses^H4872; but some^H582 of them left^H3498^(H8686) of it until the morning^H1242, and it bred^H7311^(H8799) worms^H8438, and stank^H887^(H8799): and Moses^H4872 was wroth^H7107^(H8799) with them.

²¹ They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.

KJVAnd they gathered^H3950^(H8799) it every morning^H1242, every man^H376 according^H6310 to his eating^H400: and when the sun^H8121 waxed hot^H2552^(H8804), it melted^H4549^(H8738).

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.

KJVAnd it came to pass, that on the sixth^H8345 day^H3117 they gathered^H3950^(H8804) twice^H4932 as much bread^H3899, two^H8147 omers^H6016 for one^H259 man: and all the rulers^H5387 of the congregation^H5712 came^H935^(H8799) and told^H5046^(H8686) Moses^H4872.

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.’”

KJVAnd he said^H559^(H8799) unto them, This is that which the LORD^H3068 hath said^H1696^(H8765), To morrow^H4279 is the rest^H7677 of the holy^H6944 sabbath^H7676 unto the LORD^H3068: bake^H644^(H8798) that which ye will bake^H644^(H8799) to day, and seethe^H1310^(H8761) that ye will seethe^H1310^(H8762); and that which^H3605 remaineth over^H5736^(H8802) lay up^H3240^(H8685) for you to be kept^H4931 until the morning^H1242.

²⁴ They laid it up until the morning, as Moses ordered, and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it.

KJVAnd they laid it up^H3240^(H8686) till the morning^H1242, as Moses^H4872 bade^H6680^(H8765): and it did not stink^H887^(H8689), neither was there any worm^H7415 therein.

²⁵ Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field.

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 said^H559^(H8799), Eat^H398^(H8798) that to day^H3117; for to day^H3117 is a sabbath^H7676 unto the LORD^H3068: to day^H3117 ye shall not find^H4672^(H8799) it in the field^H7704.

²⁶ Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.”

KJVSix^H8337 days^H3117 ye shall gather^H3950^(H8799) it; but on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117, which is the sabbath^H7676, in it there shall be none.

²⁷ On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.

KJVAnd it came to pass, that there went out^H3318^(H8804) some of the people^H5971 on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 for to gather^H3950^(H8800), and they found^H4672^(H8804) none.

²⁸ Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto Moses^H4872, How long refuse^H3985^(H8765) ye to keep^H8104^(H8800) my commandments^H4687 and my laws^H8451?

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.”

KJVSee^H7200^(H8798), for that the LORD^H3068 hath given^H5414^(H8804) you the sabbath^H7676, therefore he giveth^H5414^(H8802) you on the sixth^H8345 day^H3117 the bread^H3899 of two days^H3117; abide^H3427^(H8798) ye every man^H376 in his place, let no man^H376 go out^H3318^(H8799) of his place^H4725 on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117.

³⁰ So the people rested on the seventh day.

KJVSo the people^H5971 rested^H7673^(H8799) on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117.

³¹ The house of Israel called its name “Manna”, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.

KJVAnd the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 called^H7121^(H8799) the name^H8034 thereof Manna^H4478: and it was like coriander^H1407 seed^H2233, white^H3836; and the taste^H2940 of it was like wafers^H6838 made with honey^H1706.

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.’”

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 said^H559^(H8799), This is the thing^H1697 which the LORD^H3068 commandeth^H6680^(H8765), Fill^H4393 an omer^H6016 of it to be kept^H4931 for your generations^H1755; that they may see^H7200^(H8799) the bread^H3899 wherewith I have fed^H398^(H8689) you in the wilderness^H4057, when I brought you forth^H3318^(H8687) from the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714.

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.”

KJVAnd Moses^H4872 said^H559^(H8799) unto Aaron^H175, Take^H3947^(H8798) a^H259 pot^H6803, and put^H5414^(H8798) an omer^H6016 full^H4393 of manna^H4478 therein, and lay it up^H3240^(H8685) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068, to be kept^H4931 for your generations^H1755.

³⁴ As Yahweh commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

KJVAs the LORD^H3068 commanded^H6680^(H8765) Moses^H4872, so Aaron^H175 laid it up^H3240^(H8686) before^H6440 the Testimony^H5715, to be kept^H4931.

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.

KJVAnd the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 did eat^H398^(H8804) manna^H4478 forty^H705 years^H8141, until they came^H935^(H8800) to a land^H776 inhabited^H3427^(H8737); they did eat^H398^(H8804) manna^H4478, until they came^H935^(H8800) unto the borders^H7097 of the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667.

³⁶ Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.

KJVNow an omer^H6016 is the tenth^H6224 part of an ephah^H374.

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