KJV King James Version
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness [there lay] a small round thing, [as] small as the hoar frost on the ground.
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Exodus 16:14
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness [there lay] a small round thing, [as] small as the hoar frost on the ground.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.
WEB World English Bible
When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.
ASV American Standard Version
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the lying of the dew goeth up, and lo, on the face of the wilderness a thin, bare thing, thin as hoar-frost on the earth.
Surrounding context — Exodus 16
11 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God.
13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness [there lay] a small round thing, [as] small as the hoar frost on the ground.
15 And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
16 This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, [according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents.
17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַתַּ֖עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseשִׁכְבַ֣תH7902 · she.kha.vahsemenהַטָּ֑לH2919 · taldewוְהִנֵּ֞הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵ֤יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַמִּדְבָּר֙H4057 · mid.barmouthדַּ֣קH1851 · daqthinמְחֻסְפָּ֔סH2636 · chas.pasto peelדַּ֥קH1851 · daqthinכַּכְּפֹ֖רH3713 · ke.phorbowlעַל־H5921 · aluponהָאָֽרֶץ׃H776 · e.retsland: country/planet
Cross-references
Psalm 105:40[The people] asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.Deuteronomy 8:3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every [word] that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.Nehemiah 9:15And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.Psalm 78:24And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.Numbers 11:7-9And the manna [was] as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.Exodus 16:31And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it [was] like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it [was] like wafers [made] with honey.Psalm 147:16He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
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