King James Version
Exodus 16:5 in the King James Version says “And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as m...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily .”
Exodus 16:5 · KJV
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day , that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. a certain: Heb. the portion of a day in his day
And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily .
And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us?
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“daily”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“And it shall come to pass that on the sixth”
H8345sixth, ordinal or (feminine) fractional
“they shall prepare”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“that which”
H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“and it shall be twice”
H4932properly, a repetition, i.e., a duplicate (copy of a document), or a double (in amount); by implication, a second (in order, rank, age, quality or loc
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“that which”
H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“as much as they gather”
H3950properly, to pick up, i.e., (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
“daily”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“daily”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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