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Exodus 16:14

12 “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

13 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

15 When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

16 This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”

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BSB
When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.
KJV
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
WEB
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.
ASV
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.
DARBY
And when the dew that lay [round it] was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there was [something] fine, granular, fine as hoar-frost, on the ground.
BLB
And the lying of the dew went up, and behold, on the face of the wilderness a thin, flaky substance, [as] thin as frost on the earth.
ÅB
Og da duggen gikk bort, se, da lå det utover ørkenen noe fint, kornet, fint som rim på jorden.
OTB
Da duggen fordampet, se, på overflaten av ørkenen var det et fint, flak-lignende stoff, så fint som rim på bakken.
B1930
Og da duggen gikk bort, se, da lå det utover ørkenen noget fint, kornet, fint som rim på jorden.

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 8:3

    He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

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  • Nehemiah 9:15

    In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.

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  • Psalms 105:40

    They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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  • Psalms 78:24

    He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.

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  • Numbers 11:7–9

    Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.

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  • Psalms 147:16

    He spreads the snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes;

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  • Exodus 16:31

    Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

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