Exodus 16 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The LORD Provides Manna

Exo 16:1And they went on their way from Elim, and all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they went out of the land of Egypt.

Exo 16:2

Exo 16:2And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:

Exo 16:3

Exo 16:3And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

Exo 16:4

Exo 16:4Then the Lord said to Moses, See, I will send down bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out every day and get enough for the day's needs; so that I may put them to the test to see if they will keep my laws or not.

Exo 16:5

Exo 16:5And on the sixth day they are to make ready what they get in, and it will be twice as much as they get on the other days.

Exo 16:6

Exo 16:6And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, This evening it will be clear to you that it is the Lord who has taken you out of the land of Egypt:

Exo 16:7

Exo 16:7And in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord; for your angry words against the Lord have come to his ears: and what are we that you are crying out against us?

The LORD Provides Meat

Exo 16:8

Exo 16:8And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord.

Exo 16:9

Exo 16:9And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the people of Israel, Come near before the Lord for he has given ear to your outcry.

Exo 16:10

Exo 16:10And while Aaron was talking to the children of Israel, their eyes were turned in the direction of the waste land, and they saw the glory of the Lord shining in the cloud.

Exo 16:11

Exo 16:11And the Lord said to Moses,

Exo 16:12

Exo 16:12The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God.

Exo 16:13

Exo 16:13And it came about that in the evening little birds came up and the place was covered with them: and in the morning there was dew all round about the tents.

Exo 16:14

Exo 16:14And when the dew was gone, on the face of the earth was a small round thing, like small drops of ice on the earth.

Exo 16:15

Exo 16:15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.

Exo 16:16

Exo 16:16This is what the Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate of one omer for every person, let every man take as much as is needed for his family.

Exo 16:17

Exo 16:17And the children of Israel did so, and some took more and some less.

Exo 16:18

Exo 16:18And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had nothing over, and he who had little had enough; every man had taken what he was able to make use of.

Exo 16:19

Exo 16:19And Moses said to them, Let nothing be kept till the morning.

Exo 16:20

Exo 16:20But they gave no attention to Moses, and some of them kept it till the morning and there were worms in it and it had an evil smell: and Moses was angry with them.

Exo 16:21

Exo 16:21And they took it up morning by morning, every man as he had need: and when the sun was high it was gone.

The Sabbath Observed

Exo 16:22

Exo 16:22And on the sixth day they took up twice as much of the bread, two omers for every person: and all the rulers of the people gave Moses word of it.

Exo 16:23

Exo 16:23And he said, This is what the Lord has said, Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord: what has to be cooked may be cooked; and what is over, put on one side to be kept till the morning.

Exo 16:24

Exo 16:24And they kept it till the morning as Moses had said: and no smell came from it, and it had no worms.

Exo 16:25

Exo 16:25And Moses said, Make your meal today of what you have, for this day is a Sabbath to the Lord: today you will not get any in the fields.

Exo 16:26

Exo 16:26For six days you will get it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.

Exo 16:27

Exo 16:27But still on the seventh day some of the people went out to get it, and there was not any.

Exo 16:28

Exo 16:28And the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?

Exo 16:29

Exo 16:29See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth day bread enough for two days; let every man keep where he is; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

Exo 16:30

Exo 16:30So the people took their rest on the seventh day.

Exo 16:31

Exo 16:31And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.

Exo 16:32

Exo 16:32And Moses said, This is the order which the Lord has given: Let one omer of it be kept for future generations, so that they may see the bread which I gave you for your food in the waste land, when I took you out from the land of Egypt.

Exo 16:33

Exo 16:33And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot and put one omer of manna in it, and put it away before the Lord, to be kept for future generations.

Exo 16:34

Exo 16:34So Aaron put it away in front of the holy chest to be kept, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.

Exo 16:35

Exo 16:35And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.

Exo 16:36

Exo 16:36Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

Pericope

Exodus Chapter 16 — Additional Translations: