Friday, October 6, 2023

Exodus 16:1-18, annotated

 

This translation is from the New American Standard Bible. Other translations are available hereInformation about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided immediately below the scriptural text. 

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Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. 2The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3The sons of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”


4Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction. 5On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily.” 6So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, “At evening you will know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt; 7and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, for He hears your grumblings against the Lord; and what are we, that you grumble against us?

8Moses said, “This will happen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for the Lord hears your grumblings which you grumble against Him. And what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the Lord.”


9Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, ‘Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your grumblings.’” 10It came about as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. 11And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12“I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”


13So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14When the layer of dew evaporated, behold, on the surface of the wilderness there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground. 15When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. 16This is what the Lord has commanded, ‘Gather of it every man as much as he should eat; you shall take an omer apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent.’” 17The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little. 18When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat.


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test  נָסָה = nacah  Blue Letter Bible   try, prove, tempt, assay, put to the proof or test

 

walk = יָלַךְ = yālaḵ Blue Letter Bible  go, walk, come; lead, bring, lead away, carry, cause to walk; journey; proceed

 

instruction = תּוֹרָה = tôrâ  Blue Letter Bible  law; instruction, direction (human or divine); body of prophetic teaching; instruction in Messianic age; body of legal directives;  custom, manner; the Deuteronomic or Mosaic Law; precept; statute; doctrine

 

know =יָדַע= yāḏaʿ  Blue Letter Bible  perceive and see, find out and discern; discriminate, distinguish; know by experience; recognize; be acquainted with; know (a person carnally); know how, be skillful in; have knowledge, be wise; made known, be or become known, be revealed; be instructed; privy to; seeing; observe with the eyes; be aware of; get to know, discover; turn the mind to anything, care about, see about

 

brought  = יָצָא = yāṣā'  Blue Letter Bible  to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out; to go out, to carry, pluck, pull out; send with commandment, shoot forth; carry or bring out; take or draw out; come out, exit, go forth; to deliver; bring forth (out, up), carry out; go forth; to rise 

 

see  = רָאָה= rā'â  Blue Letter Bible  to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider; learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out; consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish; gaze at; enjoy, have experience, take heed; spy, stare; enjoy the light; be pleased with the sight; provide or care for, go to see

 

glory = כָּבוֹד = kāḇôḏ  Blue Letter Bible  glory, honour, glorious, abundance; weight, but only figuratively in a good sense; heaviness; splendor or copiousness; dignity of position; reputation, of character; majesty

hears = שָׁמַע = šāmaʿ  Blue Letter Bible   listen to, obey; perceive by ear; hear with attention or interest; give heed; consent, agree; yield to; obey, be obedient; hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.); hear and answer

 

grumblings = תְּלוּנָת = tlûnāṯ Blue Letter Bible murmuring; obstinacy; a grumbling; complaining 

gives = נָתַן = nāṯan  Blue Letter Bible  permit; cause; give, bestow, grant; consecrate, devote, dedicate; entrust, give over, deliver up; yield, produce; be (healed); pour; print; teach; apply the heart to; to constitute, to make a thing like or similar to

 

hears = שָׁמַע = šāmaʿ  Blue Letter Bible   listen to, obey; perceive by ear; hear with attention or interest; give heed; consent, agree; yield to; obey, be obedient; hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.); hear and answer

 

grumblings = תְּלוּנָת = tlûnāṯ Blue Letter Bible murmuring; obstinacy; a grumbling; complaining 

come near = קָרַב = qāraḇ Blue Letter Bible to come near, approach, enter into, draw near; cause to approach 

 

before = פָּנִים = paniym   Blue Letter Bible  person; countenance; before and behind, toward, in front of; in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of; turned toward; turn one’s face toward; on account of; acts done with a solemn sense of presence; to stand before, i.e. wait upon, be in attendance on; to bow down before; in front of

 

heard = שָׁמַע = šāmaʿ  Blue Letter Bible   listen to, obey; perceive by ear; hear with attention or interest; give heed; consent, agree; yield to; obey, be obedient; hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.); hear and answer

 

grumblings = תְּלוּנָת = tlûnāṯ Blue Letter Bible murmuring; obstinacy; a grumbling; complaining 

heard = שָׁמַע = šāmaʿ  Blue Letter Bible   listen to, obey; perceive by ear; hear with attention or interest; give heed; consent, agree; yield to; obey, be obedient; hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.); hear and answer

 

grumblings = תְּלוּנָת = tlûnāṯ Blue Letter Bible murmuring; obstinacy; a grumbling; complaining 

 

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