King James Version
Exodus 16:21 in the King James Version says “And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.”
Exodus 16:21 · KJV
And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
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.
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
And 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.
And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And they gathered”
H3950properly, to pick up, i.e., (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“every man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“according”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“and when the sun”
H8121the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e., (architectural) a notched battlement
“it melted”
H4549to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
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