Exodus 16:21

THE MESSAGE

They gathered it every morning, each person according to need. Then the sun heated up and it melted. On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, about four quarts per person. Then the leaders of the company came to Moses and reported.

Parallel Translations

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

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

Lexham English Bible
And they gathered it morning by morning, each according to what he could eat, and it melted when the sun was hot.

New Century Version
Every morning each person gathered as much food as he needed, but when the sun became hot, it melted away.

New English Translation
So they gathered it each morning, each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt.

Amplified Bible
So they gathered it every morning, each as much as he needed, because when the sun was hot it melted.

New American Standard Bible
They gathered it morning by morning, everyone as much as he would eat; but when the sun became hot, it would melt.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they gathered it euery morning, euery man according to his eating: for when the heate of the sunne came, it was melted.

Legacy Standard Bible
So they gathered it morning by morning, every man as much as he should eat; but the sun would grow hot, and it would melt.

Contemporary English Version
Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and in the heat of the day the rest melted.

Complete Jewish Bible
So they gathered it morning after morning, each person according to his appetite; but as the sun grew hot, it melted.

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

Easy-to-Read Version
Every morning the people gathered as much food as they could eat, but by noon the food melted and was gone.

English Standard Version
Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.

George Lamsa Translation
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating; and when the sun grew hot, it melted.

Good News Translation
Every morning each one gathered as much as he needed; and when the sun grew hot, what was left on the ground melted.

Christian Standard Bible®
They gathered it every morning. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat, but when the sun grew hot, it melted.

Literal Translation
And they gathered it in the morning, each one in the morning according to the mouth of his eating. And it melted in the heat of the sun.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And euery mornynge they gathered for them selues, as moch as euery one ate: but as soone as it was whote of the Sonne, it melted awaye.

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

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

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they gathered all mornynges euery man as muche as sufficed for his eatyng: and assoone as the heate of the sunne came, it moult.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating; and as the sun waxed hot, it melted.

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

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they gathered it every morning, each man what he needed, and when the sun waxed hot it melted.

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

Berean Standard Bible
Each morning they each gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe alle gaderiden in the morewtid as myche as `miyte suffice to be eten; and whanne the sunne was hoot, it was moltun.

Young's Literal Translation
And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun hath been warm, then it hath melted.

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

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

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

New King James Version
So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.

New Living Translation
After this the people gathered the food morning by morning, each family according to its need. And as the sun became hot, the flakes they had not picked up melted and disappeared.

New Life Bible
Morning after morning they gathered it, every man as much as he could eat. But when the sun became hot, it would melt.

New Revised Standard
Morning by morning they gathered it, as much as each needed; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus then they gathered it morning by morning, each man what he needed for eating, and as soon as the sun waxed hot, so soon it melted.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now every one of them gathered in the morning, as much as might suffice to eat: and after the sun grew hot, it melted.

Revised Standard Version
Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.

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

Contextual Overview

¹³That evening quail flew in and covered the camp and in the morning there was a layer of dew all over the camp. When the layer of dew had lifted, there on the wilderness ground was a fine flaky something, fine as frost on the ground. The Israelites took one look and said to one another, man-hu (What is it?). They had no idea what it was. So Moses told them, "It's the bread God has given you to eat. And these are God 's instructions: ‘Gather enough for each person, about two quarts per person; gather enough for everyone in your tent.'" The People of Israel went to work and started gathering, some more, some less, but when they measured out what they had gathered, those who gathered more had no extra and those who gathered less weren't short—each person had gathered as much as was needed. Moses said to them, "Don't leave any of it until morning." But they didn't listen to Moses. A few of the men kept back some of it until morning. It got wormy and smelled bad. And Moses lost his temper with them. They gathered it every morning, each person according to need. Then the sun heated up and it melted. On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, about four quarts per person. Then the leaders of the company came to Moses and reported. Moses said, "This is what God was talking about: Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to God . Whatever you plan to bake, bake today; and whatever you plan to boil, boil today. Then set aside the leftovers until morning." They set aside what was left until morning, as Moses had commanded. It didn't smell bad and there were no worms in it. Moses said, "Now eat it; this is the day, a Sabbath for God . You won't find any of it on the ground today. Gather it every day for six days, but the seventh day is Sabbath; there won't be any of it on the ground." On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather anyway but they didn't find anything. God said to Moses, "How long are you going to disobey my commands and not follow my instructions? Don't you see that God has given you the Sabbath? So on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. So, each of you, stay home. Don't leave home on the seventh day." So the people quit working on the seventh day. The Israelites named it manna (What is it?). It looked like coriander seed, whitish. And it tasted like a cracker with honey. Moses said, "This is God 's command: ‘Keep a two-quart jar of it, an omer, for future generations so they can see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness after I brought you out of Egypt.'" Moses told Aaron, "Take a jar and fill it with two quarts of manna. Place it before God , keeping it safe for future generations." Aaron did what God commanded Moses. He set it aside before The Testimony to preserve it. The Israelites ate the manna for forty years until they arrived at the land where they would settle down. They ate manna until they reached the border into Canaan. According to ancient measurements, an omer is one-tenth of an ephah. ¹⁶ On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left Egypt, the whole company of Israel moved on from Elim to the Wilderness of Sin which is between Elim and Sinai. The whole company of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron there in the wilderness. The Israelites said, "Why didn't God let us die in comfort in Egypt where we had lamb stew and all the bread we could eat? You've brought us out into this wilderness to starve us to death, the whole company of Israel!" God said to Moses, "I'm going to rain bread down from the skies for you. The people will go out and gather each day's ration. I'm going to test them to see if they'll live according to my Teaching or not. On the sixth day, when they prepare what they have gathered, it will turn out to be twice as much as their daily ration." Moses and Aaron told the People of Israel, "This evening you will know that it is God who brought you out of Egypt; and in the morning you will see the Glory of God . Yes, he's listened to your complaints against him. You haven't been complaining against us, you know, but against God ." Moses said, "Since it will be God who gives you meat for your meal in the evening and your fill of bread in the morning, it's God who will have listened to your complaints against him. Who are we in all this? You haven't been complaining to us—you've been complaining to God !" Moses instructed Aaron: "Tell the whole company of Israel: ‘Come near to God . He's heard your complaints.'" When Aaron gave out the instructions to the whole company of Israel, they turned to face the wilderness. And there it was: the Glory of God visible in the Cloud. God spoke to Moses, "I've listened to the complaints of the Israelites. Now tell them: ‘At dusk you will eat meat and at dawn you'll eat your fill of bread; and you'll realize that I am God , your God.'" That evening quail flew in and covered the camp and in the morning there was a layer of dew all over the camp. When the layer of dew had lifted, there on the wilderness ground was a fine flaky something, fine as frost on the ground. The Israelites took one look and said to one another, man-hu (What is it?). They had no idea what it was. So Moses told them, "It's the bread God has given you to eat. And these are God 's instructions: ‘Gather enough for each person, about two quarts per person; gather enough for everyone in your tent.'" ¹⁷The People of Israel went to work and started gathering, some more, some less, but when they measured out what they had gathered, those who gathered more had no extra and those who gathered less weren't short—each person had gathered as much as was needed. ¹⁹ Moses said to them, "Don't leave any of it until morning." ²⁰ But they didn't listen to Moses. A few of the men kept back some of it until morning. It got wormy and smelled bad. And Moses lost his temper with them. ²¹They gathered it every morning, each person according to need. Then the sun heated up and it melted. On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, about four quarts per person. Then the leaders of the company came to Moses and reported.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Exodus 16:22 - General Proverbs 30:8 - feed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they gathered it every morning,.... From the time the morning began, during four hours, or to the fourth hour, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, till ten o'clock in the morning: this was a very wonderful thing that bread should be provided and rained every morning about the camp of Israel, in such plenty as to be sufficient to feed such a vast body of people; and that for forty years together:

every man according to his eating; according to the number of persons he had in his family to eat of it, and as much as everyone could eat; there never was any lack or scarcity of it, but every morning there it was for them, and they gathered it, an omer for everyone:

and when the sun waxed hot, it melted; and so what was left ungathered, being exhaled by the sun and laid up in the clouds, generated and increased, and became a provision to be let down the next morning; it being the will of God that it should not be trampled upon or exposed; and that the Israelites might be diligent, and not neglect the time of gathering it: and the Targum of Jonathan says, from the fourth hour, or ten o'clock and onward, the sun was hot upon it and melted it, which is the time of day when the sun is hottest: and some things, we may observe, are hardened by the sun, and others are softened, as the manna was, even to a liquefaction; though otherwise it was of so hard a nature as to be beaten in a mortar and ground in a mill, Numbers 11:8.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It melted - This refers to the manna which was not gathered.