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Exodus 16:21

Verse 21 of 36. The 16th of 40 chapters in Exodus, in The Law.

17The children of Israel did so, and some gathered more, some less.

18When 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.

19Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.”

20Notwithstanding 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.

21They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.

22On 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.

23He said to them, “This is that which the LORD has spoken, ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. 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.’”

24They laid it up until the morning, as Moses ordered, and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it.

25Moses said, “Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you shall not find it in the field.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.