Exodus 16:21

And they gathered it every boker, every man according to his eating [need]; and when the shemesh grew hot, it melted.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20Notwithstanding, they paid heed not unto Moshe; but some left part of it until boker, and [the leftovers] bred tola'im (worms), and stank; and Moshe was angry with them.

22And it came to pass, that on yom hashishi they gathered twice as much lechem, two omers for one man; and all the nesi'im of the Edah came and told Moshe.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:6Go to the nemalah (ant), thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one); 1 consider her drakhim (ways), and be chacham (wise); 1

Ecclesiastes 12:1Remember now thy Bo're (Creator) in the yamim of thy bechurot, while the yamei hara'ah come not, nor the shanim draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no chefetz (pleasure) in them;

John 12:35Therefore, he said to them, Yet a little time is the Ohr among you. Walk while you have the Ohr lest choshech overtake you; the one walking in the choshech does not have da'as of where he is going.

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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