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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Exodus 16 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/16.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/16-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Exodus 16</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/15.htm" title="Exodus 15">◄</a> Exodus 16 <a href="../exodus/17.htm" title="Exodus 17">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> Sends Food from Heaven</h3><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_1"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.1" class="v1_16_1">1</span>On the fifteenth day of the second month after the Israelites had escaped from Egypt, they left Elim and started through the western edge of the Sinai Desert<a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.16.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> in the direction of Mount Sinai. </span><span class="v1_16_2"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.2" class="v1_16_2">2</span>There in the desert they started complaining to Moses and Aaron, </span><span class="v1_16_3"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.3" class="v1_16_3">3</span>“We wish the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had killed us in Egypt. When we lived there, we could at least sit down and eat all the bread and meat we wanted. But you have brought us out here into this desert, where we are going to starve.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_4"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.4" class="v1_16_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.16.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, “I will send bread<a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.16.4!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> down from heaven like rain. Tell the people to go out each day and gather only enough for that day. That's how I will see if they obey me. </span><span class="v1_16_5"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.5" class="v1_16_5">5</span>But on the sixth day of each week they must gather and cook twice as much.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_6"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.6" class="v1_16_6">6</span>Moses and Aaron told the people, “This evening you will know that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> was the one who rescued you from Egypt. </span><span class="v1_16_7"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.7" class="v1_16_7">7</span>And in the morning you will see his glorious power, because he has heard your complaints against him. Why should you grumble to us? Who are we?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_8"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.8" class="v1_16_8">8</span>Then Moses continued, “You will know it is the <span class="nd">Lord</span> when he gives you meat each evening and more than enough bread each morning. He is really the one you are complaining about, not us—we are nobodies—but the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has heard your complaints.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_9"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.9" class="v1_16_9">9</span>Moses turned to Aaron and said, “Bring the people together, because the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has heard their complaints.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_10"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.10" class="v1_16_10">10</span>Aaron was speaking to them, when everyone looked out toward the desert and saw the bright glory of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> in a cloud. </span><span class="v1_16_11"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.11" class="v1_16_11">11</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, </span><span class="v1_16_12"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.12" class="v1_16_12">12</span>“I have heard my people complain. Now tell them that each evening they will have meat and each morning they will have more than enough bread. Then they will know that I am the <span class="nd">Lord</span> their God.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_13"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.13" class="v1_16_13">13</span>That evening a lot of quails came and landed everywhere in the camp, and the next morning dew covered the ground. </span><span class="v1_16_14"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.14" class="v1_16_14">14</span>After the dew had gone, the desert was covered with thin flakes that looked like frost. </span><span class="v1_16_15"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.15" class="v1_16_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.16.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The people had never seen anything like this, and they started asking each other, “What is it?”<a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.16.15!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_15">Moses answered, “This is the bread that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> has given you to eat. </span><span class="v1_16_16"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.16" class="v1_16_16">16</span>And he orders you to gather about two liters for each person in your family—that should be more than enough.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_17"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.17" class="v1_16_17">17</span>They did as they were told. Some gathered more and some gathered less. </span><span class="v1_16_18"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.18" class="v1_16_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.16.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Everyone had exactly what they needed, just the right amount.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_19"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.19" class="v1_16_19">19</span>Moses told them not to keep any overnight. </span><span class="v1_16_20"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.20" class="v1_16_20">20</span>Some of them disobeyed, but the next morning what they kept was stinking and full of worms, and Moses was angry.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_21"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.21" class="v1_16_21">21</span>Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and in the heat of the day the rest melted. </span><span class="v1_16_22"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.22" class="v1_16_22">22</span>However, on the sixth day of the week, everyone gathered enough to have four liters, instead of two. When the leaders reported this to Moses, </span><span class="v1_16_23"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.23" class="v1_16_23">23</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.16.23!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> he told them that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had said, “Tomorrow is the Sabbath, a sacred day of rest in honor of me. So gather all you want to bake or boil, and make sure you save enough for tomorrow.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_24"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.24" class="v1_16_24">24</span>The people obeyed, and the next morning the food smelled fine and had no worms. </span><span class="v1_16_25"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.25" class="v1_16_25">25</span>“You may eat the food,” Moses said. “Today is the Sabbath in honor of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, and there won't be any of this food on the ground today. </span><span class="v1_16_26"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.26" class="v1_16_26">26</span>You will find it there for the first six days of the week, but not on the Sabbath.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_27"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.27" class="v1_16_27">27</span>A few of the Israelites did go out to look for some, but there was none. </span><span class="v1_16_28"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.28" class="v1_16_28">28</span>Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said, “Moses, how long will you people keep disobeying my laws and teachings? </span><span class="v1_16_29"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.29" class="v1_16_29">29</span>Remember that I was the one who gave you the Sabbath. That's why on the sixth day I provide enough bread for two days. Everyone is to stay home and rest on the Sabbath.” </span><span class="v1_16_30"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.30" class="v1_16_30">30</span>And so they rested on the Sabbath.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_31"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.31" class="v1_16_31">31</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.16.31!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The Israelites called the bread manna.<a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.16.31!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> It was white like coriander seed and delicious as wafers made with honey. </span><span class="v1_16_32"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.32" class="v1_16_32">32</span>Moses told the people that the <span class="nd">Lord</span> had said, “Store up two liters of this manna, because I want future generations to see the food I gave you during the time you were in the desert after I rescued you from Egypt.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_33"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.33" class="v1_16_33">33</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Exod.16.33!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Then Moses told Aaron, “Put some manna in a jar and store it in the place of worship for future generations to see.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v1_16_34"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.34" class="v1_16_34">34</span>Aaron followed the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s instructions and put the manna in front of the sacred chest for safekeeping. </span><span class="v1_16_35"><span class="reftext" id="Exod.16.35-Exod.16.36" class="v1_16_35">35-36</span><a href="#Exod.16.35-Exod.16.36!x.1" id="link_Exod.16.35-Exod.16.36!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The Israelites ate manna for 40 years, before they came to the border of Canaan that was a settled land.<a href="#Exod.16.35-Exod.16.36!f.2" id="link_Exod.16.35-Exod.16.36!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the western edge of the Sinai Desert: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “the Sin Desert.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">bread: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This was something like a thin wafer, and it was called “manna,” which in Hebrew means, “What is it?”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">What is it: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 16.4.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.31 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">manna: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 16.4.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">16.35,36 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">land: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text adds, “An omer is one tenth of an ephah.” In the CEV “omer” is usually translated “two liters.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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