Exodus 16:19 Explained in Context

Verse 13. 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.

Verse 14. 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.

Verse 15. 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.

Verse 16. 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.

Verse 17. ¹⁷ And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.

Verse 18. ¹⁸ And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

Verse 19. ¹⁹ And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.

Verse 20. ²⁰ 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.

Verse 21. ²¹ And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.