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Exodus 16:19-20

Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.” Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, so it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.

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In the evening, quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp. When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground. When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat. “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: ‘Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.’ ” The children of Israel did so, and some gathered more, some less. When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They each gathered according to his eating. Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.” Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, so it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them. They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted. On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’ ” They laid it up until the morning, as Moses ordered, and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it. Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh. Today you shall not find it in the field. Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day is the Sabbath. In it there shall be none.” On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, and they found none. Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? Behold, because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days. Everyone stay in his place. Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.” So the people rested on the seventh day.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.”

    Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, so it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.

  • KJV King James Version

    And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.

    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.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

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

    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.

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Cross-references (14)

  • Exodus 12:10 (v19) You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.
  • Exodus 23:18 (v19) “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.
  • Matthew 6:34 (v19) Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.
  • Numbers 16:15 (v20) Moses was very angry, and said to Yahweh, “Don’t respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, neither have I hurt one of…
  • Matthew 6:19 (v20) “Don’t lay up treasures for yourselves on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal;
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  • Mark 3:5 (v20) When he had looked around at them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.”…
  • Mark 10:14 (v20) But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, “Allow the little children to come to me! Don’t forbid them, for…
  • Luke 12:15 (v20) He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he…
  • Luke 12:33 (v20) Sell that which you have, and give gifts to the needy. Make for yourselves purses which don’t grow old, a treasure in the heavens that…
  • Ephesians 4:26 (v20) “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath,
  • Hebrews 13:5 (v20) Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any…
  • James 5:2-3 (v20) Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and your silver are corroded, and their corrosion will be for a…
  • Exodus 16:23 (v19) He said to them, “This is that which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to…
  • Numbers 12:3 (v20) Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all the men who were on the surface of the earth.

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Explain this passage (15 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v20 No creature is so pure, but being abused it…

No creature is so pure, but being abused it turneth to our destruction.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv19–20 Exo 16:19 And Moses said, Let no man leave…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv19–20 viz. For the provision of the next day, as…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv19–20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses,.... That is, not…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v19 Let no man leave 'till morning - But let…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv19–20 Verse 19. Let no man leave of it till…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv19–20 Exo 16:19. Let no man leave of it till…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On v20 It bred worms - This result was supernatural: no…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v20 Putrified. So God was pleased to punish their diffidence…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v19 19, 20. None to be left over till the…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv19–20 (19) Let no man leave of it.—Moses must have…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv19–20 Let no man leave of it till the morning.…
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v20 As we are not nourished by the memory of…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v19
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v19 16:19-20 Regarding these instructions, see study note on 16:4-5.
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