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Exodus 16:21
“They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.”
Verse in context — Exodus 16
Moses said to them, "Let no one leave of it until the morning.
Notwithstanding they didn't listen to Moses, but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was angry with them.
They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
It happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one, and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
He said to them, "This is that which Yahweh has spoken, 'Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to Yahweh. Bake that which you want to bake, and boil that which you want to boil; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.
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God delivers Israel from Egypt, gives the Ten Commandments, and establishes His covenant with His people.
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