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20 But they did not listen to Moses. Some people[a] left some of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. 21 And they gathered it morning by morning, each according to what he could eat,[b] and it melted when the sun was hot.[c]

22 And when it was the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one person, and all the leaders of the community came and told Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:20 Literally “men”
  2. Exodus 16:21 Literally “a man according to the mouth of his eating”
  3. Exodus 16:21 Literally “and the sun was hot, and he/it melted”