Exodus 16:19-21
Easy-to-Read Version
19 Moses told them, “Don’t save that food to eat the next day.” 20 But some of the people did not obey Moses. They saved their food for the next day. But worms got into the food and it began to stink. Moses was angry with the people who did this.
21 Every morning the people gathered as much food as they could eat, but by noon[a] the food melted and was gone.
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- Exodus 16:21 noon Literally, “the heat of the day.”
Exodus 16:19-21
New International Version
19 Then Moses said to them, “No one is to keep any of it until morning.”(A)
20 However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell.(B) So Moses was angry(C) with them.
21 Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.
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