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The Book of Exodus, Chapter 16, Verse 21

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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.
King James Version
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
American Standard Version
And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
New English Translation
So they gathered it each morning, each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt.
World English Bible
They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
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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.
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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.
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And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
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And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day [is] a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
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Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, [which is] the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
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And it came to pass, [that] there went out [some] of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
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See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
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So the people rested on the seventh day.
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And 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.