Exodus 16:20

Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and rotted; and Moses was wroth with them.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

19And Moses said unto them: 'Let no man leave of it till the morning.'

21And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted.

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Cross References

Numbers 12:3Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men that were upon the face of the earth. —

Matthew Henry on Exodus 16:14-22

Manna Rained from Heaven. ( b. c. 1491.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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