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Book of Exodus, Chapter 16

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Chapter 16 of Exodus—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ Later they departed from Eʹlim,1 and the entire assembly of the sons of Israel finally came to the wilderness of Sin,2 which is between Eʹlim and Siʹnai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their coming out of the land of Egypt.
  2. ¶ And the entire assembly of the sons of Israel began to murmur against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.3
  3. And the sons of Israel kept saying to them: “If only we had died4 by Jehovah’s hand in the land of Egypt while we were sitting by the pots of meat,5 while we were eating bread to satisfaction, because YOU have brought us out into this wilderness to put this whole congregation to death by famine.”6
  4. ¶ Then Jehovah said to Moses: “Here I am raining down bread for YOU from the heavens;7 and the people must go out and pick up each his amount day for day,8 in order that I may put them to the test as to whether they will walk in my law or not.9
  5. And it must occur on the sixth day10 that they must prepare what they will bring in, and it must prove double what they keep picking up day by day.”11
  6. ¶ So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel: “At evening YOU will certainly know that it is Jehovah who has brought YOU out from the land of Egypt.12
  7. And in the morning YOU will indeed see Jehovah’s glory,13 because he has heard YOUR murmurings against Jehovah. And what are we that YOU should murmur against us?”
  8. And Moses continued: “It will be when Jehovah gives YOU in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to satisfaction, because Jehovah has heard YOUR murmurings that YOU are murmuring against him. And what are we? YOUR murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.”14
  9. ¶ And Moses went on to say to Aaron: “Say to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, ‘Come near before Jehovah, because he has heard YOUR murmurings.’”15
  10. Then it occurred that as soon as Aaron had spoken to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, they turned and faced toward the wilderness, and, look! Jehovah’s glory appeared in the cloud.16
  11. ¶ And Jehovah spoke further to Moses, saying:
  12. “I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel.17 Speak to them, saying, ‘Between the two evenings[a] YOU will eat meat and in the morning YOU will be satisfied with bread;18 and YOU will certainly know that I am Jehovah YOUR God.’”19
  13. ¶ Accordingly it occurred that in the evening the quails20 began to come up and cover the camp, and in the morning there had developed a layer of dew round about the camp.21
  14. In time the layer of dew evaporated[b] and here upon the surface of the wilderness there was a fine flaky[c] thing,22 fine like hoarfrost23 upon the earth.
  15. When the sons of Israel got to see it, they began to say to one another: “What is it?”[d] For they did not know what it was. Hence Moses said to them: “It is the bread that Jehovah has given YOU for food.24
  16. This is the word that Jehovah has commanded, ‘Pick up some of it, each one in proportion to his eating. YOU are to take an omer[e]25 measure for each individual[f] according to the number of the souls that each of YOU has in his tent.’”
  17. And the sons of Israel began to do so; and they went picking it up, some gathering much and some gathering little.
  18. When they would measure it by the omer, he that had gathered much had no surplus and he that had gathered little had no shortage.26 They picked it up each one in proportion to his eating.
  19. ¶ Then Moses said to them: “Let nobody leave any of it until the morning.”27
  20. But they did not listen to Moses. When some men would leave some of it until the morning, it would breed worms and stink;28 so that Moses became indignant at them.29
  21. And they would pick it up morning30 by morning, each one in proportion to his eating. When the sun got hot, it melted.
  22. ¶ And it came about on the sixth day that they picked up twice as much bread,31 two omer measures for one person. So all the chieftains[g] of the assembly came and reported it to Moses.
  23. At that he said to them: “It is what Jehovah has spoken. Tomorrow there will be a sabbath observance[h] of a holy sabbath to Jehovah.32 What YOU can bake, bake, and what YOU can boil, boil,33 and all the surplus that there is save it up for YOU as something to be kept until the morning.”
  24. Accordingly they saved it up until the morning, just as Moses had commanded; and it did not stink nor did maggots develop in it.34
  25. Then Moses said: “Eat it today, because today is a sabbath35 to Jehovah. Today YOU will not find it in the field.
  26. Six days YOU will pick it up, but on the seventh day is a sabbath.36 On it none will form.”
  27. However, it came about on the seventh day that some of the people did go out to pick [it] up, but they found none.
  28. ¶ Consequently Jehovah said to Moses: “How long must YOU people refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?37
  29. Mark the fact that Jehovah has given YOU the sabbath.38 That is why he is giving YOU on the sixth day the bread of two days. Keep sitting each one in his own place.39 Let nobody go out from his locality on the seventh day.”
  30. And the people proceeded to observe the sabbath[i] on the seventh day.40
  31. ¶ And the house of Israel began to call its name “manna.”[j] And it was white like coriander seed, and its taste was like that of flat cakes with honey.41
  32. Then Moses said: “This is the word that Jehovah has commanded, ‘Fill an omer measure of it as something to be kept throughout YOUR generations,42 in order that they may see the bread that I made YOU eat in the wilderness when I was bringing YOU out of the land of Egypt.’”43
  33. So Moses said to Aaron: “Take a jar and put in it an omerful of manna and deposit it before Jehovah as something to be kept throughout YOUR generations.”44
  34. Just as Jehovah had commanded Moses, Aaron proceeded to deposit it before the Testimony[k]45 as something to be kept.
  35. And the sons of Israel ate the manna forty years,46 until their coming to a land inhabited.47 The manna was what they ate until their coming to the frontier of the land of Caʹnaan.48
  36. Now an omer is a tenth of an eʹphah[l] measure.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or, “At evening.” See 12:6 ftn.
  2. ^ Lit., “ascended.”
  3. ^ Or, “crack­ling.”
  4. ^ “What is it (this)?” Heb., man huʼ? Syr., ma·nu?
  5. ^ About 2.2 L (2 dry qt).
  6. ^ Lit., “skull.”
  7. ^ Or, “nasis.” Compare Ge 17:20 ftn.
  8. ^ Or, “a sabbatical feast.”
  9. ^ Or, “proceeded to rest.”
  10. ^ “Manna.” Syr., man·naʼ; MSamLXXVg, man.
  11. ^ Or, “Reminder,” that is, the archive for the safekeeping of important documents.
  12. ^ An ephah equaled 22 L (20 dry qt).

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Nu 33:10
  2. ^ Nu 33:11
  3. ^ Ex 15:24; Ps 106:25; 1Co 10:10
  4. ^ Nu 14:2; Jon 4:8
  5. ^ Nu 11:4
  6. ^ Ex 17:3; Nu 16:13; De 8:3; La 4:9
  7. ^ Ps 78:24; 105:40; Jn 6:31; 1Co 10:3
  8. ^ Ne 11:23; Pr 30:8; Mt 6:11
  9. ^ De 8:2; Jm 1:3; 1Pe 1:7
  10. ^ Ex 35:2
  11. ^ Ex 16:22
  12. ^ Ex 6:7; Nu 16:28; Ps 77:20; Is 63:11
  13. ^ Ex 24:10; Le 9:6; Nu 16:42; Jn 11:40
  14. ^ Nu 21:7; 1Sa 8:7; Is 32:6; Lu 10:16
  15. ^ Ex 16:2; Nu 11:1
  16. ^ Ex 13:21; Nu 16:19; 1Ki 8:11; Mt 17:5
  17. ^ Nu 14:27; Jd 16
  18. ^ Ps 105:40
  19. ^ Ex 4:5; 6:7; Eze 34:31
  20. ^ Nu 11:31; Ps 78:27
  21. ^ Nu 11:9
  22. ^ Nu 11:7; De 8:3; Ne 9:15; Ps 78:24
  23. ^ Ps 147:16
  24. ^ Nu 21:5; De 8:16; Jos 5:12; Jn 6:31, 58; 1Co 10:3; Heb 9:4
  25. ^ Ex 16:36
  26. ^ 2Co 8:15
  27. ^ Ex 12:10; Mt 6:34
  28. ^ Mt 6:19
  29. ^ Ex 32:19; Nu 16:15; Eph 4:26
  30. ^ Mt 6:11
  31. ^ Ex 16:5
  32. ^ Ex 20:8; 31:15; 35:2; Le 23:3; Mr 2:27
  33. ^ Nu 11:8
  34. ^ Ex 16:33
  35. ^ Ne 9:14
  36. ^ Ex 20:9; 31:13; De 5:15; Je 17:22; Mt 12:12; Lu 13:15
  37. ^ Nu 14:11; 2Ki 17:14; Ps 78:10; 81:13; 106:13; Lu 16:31
  38. ^ Ex 31:13; Is 58:13; Eze 20:12
  39. ^ Lu 23:56
  40. ^ Le 23:3; De 5:14
  41. ^ Ex 16:15; Nu 11:7
  42. ^ Ps 105:5; 111:4
  43. ^ Ps 78:20
  44. ^ Heb 9:4
  45. ^ Ex 27:21; 30:6; 40:20; 1Ki 8:9
  46. ^ De 8:2; Ne 9:21; Ps 78:24; Jn 6:49
  47. ^ Jos 5:12; Ne 9:15
  48. ^ Nu 33:48; De 1:8; 34:1

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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