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The experience of manna — the heavenly diet
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Exo. 16
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aAnd they journeyed from Elim, and all the assembly 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 departure out of the land of Egypt.
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And the whole assembly of the children of Israel
1amurmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.
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And the children of Israel said to them, If only we had
adied by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the
1bfleshpots, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to
ckill this whole congregation with hunger.
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Then Jehovah said to Moses, I will now rain
1bread from
aheaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may
btest them, whether or not they will walk
2in My law.
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And on the sixth day when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily.
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So Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, In the evening you will
aknow that Jehovah has brought you out from the land of Egypt;
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And in the morning you will see the
aglory of Jehovah, for He
bhears your murmurings against Jehovah. And what are we, that you
cmurmur against us?
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And Moses said,
This you will see when Jehovah gives you flesh to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for Jehovah hears your murmurings which you murmur against Him. And what are we? Your murmurings are not against us but
aagainst Jehovah.
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And Moses said to
aAaron, Say to all the assembly of the children of Israel, Come near
bbefore Jehovah, for He has heard your murmurings.
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And as Aaron spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and there the
1aglory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud.
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, At
atwilight you will eat flesh, and in the morning you will be filled with bread; and you shall
bknow that I am Jehovah your God.
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And at evening
1aquails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of
2bdew around the camp.
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And when the layer of dew lifted, there upon the surface of the wilderness were fine round flakes, fine as the frost on the earth.
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And when the children of Israel saw
it, they said to one another,
1What is it? For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the
abread which Jehovah has given you to eat.
Exo. 16
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This is what Jehovah has commanded, Gather of it, each one according to his eating; you shall take an
aomer a head, according to the number of your persons, each one for those who are in his tent.
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And the children of Israel did so; and
some gathered much, and
some little.
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And when they measured it with an omer,
ahe who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no lack; each of them gathered according to his eating.
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And Moses said to them, Let no man
1leave any of it until the morning.
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But they did not listen to Moses, and some men left part of it until the morning; and it bred
1aworms and stank. And Moses was indignant with them.
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And they gathered it morning by morning, each one according to his eating; and when the sun became hot, it melted.
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And on the sixth day they gathered
atwice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the leaders of the assembly came and told Moses.
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And he said to them, This is what Jehovah has spoken, Tomorrow is a
1aSabbath of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to Jehovah. Bake what you will bake, and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over put aside for yourselves to be kept until the morning.
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And they put it aside until the morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not stink, nor was there any
aworm in it.
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And Moses said, Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to Jehovah; today you will not find it in the field.
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Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath; on it there will be none.
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And on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, and they found none.
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And Jehovah said to Moses, How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My
1laws?
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See, Jehovah has given you the Sabbath, therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Let each of you stay in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
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So the people rested on the seventh day.
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And the house of Israel called its name
amanna, and it was like
1coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers
made with honey.
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And Moses said, This is what Jehovah has commanded, Let an
1omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out from the land of Egypt.
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And Moses said to Aaron, Take a
1apot, and put an omerful of manna in it, and place it before Jehovah, to be kept throughout your generations.
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As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the
1atestimony to be kept.
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And the children of Israel ate the manna
aforty years, until they came to inhabitable land; they
1ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of
bCanaan.
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Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.
