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Exodus 16:20 KJV
Exodus · chapter 16 · verse 20
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.Exodus 16:20 · King James Version
Exodus 16:20 in context
18And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
19And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
20Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
21And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
22And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- hearkenedshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- morningbôqerproperly, dawnH1242 →
- MosesMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiverH4872 →
- wormstôwlâʻthe crimson-grub, but used only of the colorfrom it, and cloths dyed therewithH8438 →
- stankbâʼashto smell badH887 →
- leftyâtharto jut over or exceedH3498 →
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Now they begin to be provided for by the immediate hand of God. I. He makes them a feast, at night, of delicate fowl, feathered fowl (Psa 78:27), therefore not locusts, as some think;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-21