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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkEXO">
        <div class="chapter ch15" data-usfm="EXO.15">
            <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Song of Moses and Miriam</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="content">&#8220;I will sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="content">for he is highly exalted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="content">Both horse and driver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="content">he has hurled into the sea.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.15.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.15.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my strength and my defense</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">song</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.15.2"><span class="content">he has become my salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.15.2"><span class="content">He is my God, and I will praise him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.15.2"><span class="content">my father&#8217;s God, and I will exalt him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.15.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.15.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is a warrior;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.15.3"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.15.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.15.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Pharaoh&#8217;s chariots and his army</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.15.4"><span class="content">he has hurled into the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.15.4"><span class="content">The best of Pharaoh&#8217;s officers</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.15.4"><span class="content">are drowned in the Red Sea.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 22</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.15.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.15.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The deep waters have covered them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.15.5"><span class="content">they sank to the depths like a stone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.15.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Your right hand, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"><span class="content">was majestic in power.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"><span class="content">Your right hand, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"><span class="content">shattered the enemy.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.15.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.15.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;In the greatness of your majesty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.15.7"><span class="content">you threw down those who opposed you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.15.7"><span class="content">You unleashed your burning anger;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.15.7"><span class="content">it consumed them like stubble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.15.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.15.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">By the blast of your nostrils</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.15.8"><span class="content">the waters piled up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.15.8"><span class="content">The surging waters stood up like a wall;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.15.8"><span class="content">the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.15.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The enemy boasted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">&#8216;I will pursue, I will overtake them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">I will divide the spoils;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">I will gorge myself on them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">I will draw my sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">and my hand will destroy them.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.15.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.15.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">But you blew with your breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.15.10"><span class="content">and the sea covered them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.15.10"><span class="content">They sank like lead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.15.10"><span class="content">in the mighty waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.15.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Who among the gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">is like you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">Who is like you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">majestic in holiness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">awesome in glory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">working wonders?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.15.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.15.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;You stretch out your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.15.12"><span class="content">and the earth swallows your enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.15.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.15.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">In your unfailing love you will lead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.15.13"><span class="content">the people you have redeemed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.15.13"><span class="content">In your strength you will guide them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.15.13"><span class="content">to your holy dwelling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.15.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.15.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The nations will hear and tremble;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.15.14"><span class="content">anguish will grip the people of Philistia.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.15.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.15.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The chiefs of Edom will be terrified,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.15.15"><span class="content">the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.15.15"><span class="content">the people</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">rulers</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Canaan will melt away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.15.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">terror and dread will fall on them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="content">By the power of your arm</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="content">they will be as still as a stone&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="content">until your people pass by, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="content">until the people you bought</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">created</span></span></span><span class="content"> pass by.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.15.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You will bring them in and plant them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="content">on the mountain of your inheritance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="content">the place, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you made for your dwelling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="content">the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.15.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.15.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> reigns</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.15.18"><span class="content">for ever and ever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.15.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.15.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When Pharaoh&#8217;s horses, chariots and horsemen</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:19 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">charioteers</span></span></span><span class="content"> went into the sea, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> brought the waters of the sea back over them, but the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.15.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron&#8217;s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.15.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Miriam sang to them:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.15.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Sing to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.15.21"><span class="content">for he is highly exalted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.15.21"><span class="content">Both horse and driver</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.15.21"><span class="content">he has hurled into the sea.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Waters of Marah and Elim</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.15.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.15.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea and they went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.15.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">When they came to Marah, they could not drink its water because it was bitter. (That is why the place is called Marah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">15:23 </span><span class="fq">Marah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fq">bitter</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span><span class="content">) </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.15.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So the people grumbled against Moses, saying, &#8220;What are we to drink?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.15.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.15.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Moses cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.15.25"><span class="content">There the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> issued a ruling and instruction for them and put them to the test. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.15.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;If you listen carefully to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God and do what is right in his eyes, if you pay attention to his commands and keep all his decrees, I will not bring on you any of the diseases I brought on the Egyptians, for I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who heals you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.15.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.15.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water.</span></span></div>
        </div>
    </div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkEXO">
        <div class="chapter ch16" data-usfm="EXO.16">
            <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Manna and Quail</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The Israelites said to them, &#8220;If only we had died by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.16.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;I will rain down bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test them and see whether they will follow my instructions. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather on the other days.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, &#8220;In the evening you will know that it was the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> who brought you out of Egypt, </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">and in the morning you will see the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we, that you should grumble against us?&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Moses also said, &#8220;You will know that it was the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> when he gives you meat to eat in the evening and all the bread you want in the morning, because he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are we? You are not grumbling against us, but against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then Moses told Aaron, &#8220;Say to the entire Israelite community, &#8216;Come before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he has heard your grumbling.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">While Aaron was speaking to the whole Israelite community, they looked toward the desert, and there was the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> appearing in the cloud.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, &#8216;At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> your God.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, &#8220;What is it?&#8221; For they did not know what it was.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.16.15"><span class="content">Moses said to them, &#8220;It is the bread the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given you to eat. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has commanded: &#8216;Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:16 </span><span class="ft">That is, possibly about 3 pounds or about 1.4 kilograms; also in verses 18, 32, 33 and 36</span></span></span><span class="content"> for each person you have in your tent.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EXO.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The Israelites did as they were told; some gathered much, some little. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EXO.16.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then Moses said to them, &#8220;No one is to keep any of it until morning.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EXO.16.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EXO.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EXO.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EXO.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much&#8212;two omers</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:22 </span><span class="ft">That is, possibly about 6 pounds or about 2.8 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> for each person&#8212;and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He said to them, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded: &#8216;Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EXO.16.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EXO.16.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">So they saved it until morning, as Moses commanded, and it did not stink or get maggots in it. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EXO.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;Eat it today,&#8221; Moses said, &#8220;because today is a sabbath to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. You will not find any of it on the ground today. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Six days you are to gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EXO.16.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EXO.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EXO.16.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;How long will you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:28 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is plural.</span></span></span><span class="content"> refuse to keep my commands and my instructions? </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="EXO.16.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Bear in mind that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.16.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">So the people rested on the seventh day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="EXO.16.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="EXO.16.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The people of Israel called the bread manna.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:31 </span><span class="fq">Manna </span><span class="ft">sounds like the Hebrew for </span><span class="fq">What is it? </span><span class="ft">(see verse 15).</span></span></span><span class="content"> It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EXO.16.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Moses said, &#8220;This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has commanded: &#8216;Take an omer of manna and keep it for the generations to come, so they can see the bread I gave you to eat in the wilderness when I brought you out of Egypt.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="EXO.16.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EXO.16.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">So Moses said to Aaron, &#8220;Take a jar and put an omer of manna in it. Then place it before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to be kept for the generations to come.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="EXO.16.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="EXO.16.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">As the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded Moses, Aaron put the manna with the tablets of the covenant law, so that it might be preserved. </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EXO.16.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="EXO.16.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="EXO.16.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">(An omer is one-tenth of an ephah.)</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch17" data-usfm="EXO.17">
            <div class="label">17</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Water From the Rock</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EXO.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So they quarreled with Moses and said, &#8220;Give us water to drink.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.17.2"><span class="content">Moses replied, &#8220;Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to the test?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EXO.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, &#8220;Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EXO.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Then Moses cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EXO.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EXO.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> answered Moses, &#8220;Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EXO.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.&#8221; So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">And he called the place Massah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:7 </span><span class="fq">Massah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">testing.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Meribah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:7 </span><span class="fq">Meribah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">quarreling.</span></span></span><span class="content"> because the Israelites quarreled and because they tested the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> saying, &#8220;Is the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> among us or not?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Amalekites Defeated</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EXO.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EXO.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Moses said to Joshua, &#8220;Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hands.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EXO.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EXO.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EXO.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EXO.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When Moses&#8217; hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up&#8212;one on one side, one on the other&#8212;so that his hands remained steady till sunset. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EXO.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EXO.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EXO.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Moses built an altar and called it The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my Banner. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EXO.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He said, &#8220;Because hands were lifted up against</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:16 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">to</span></span></span><span class="content"> the throne of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">17:16 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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        <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="PRO.1">
            <div class="label">1</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Purpose and Theme</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for gaining wisdom and instruction;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">for understanding words of insight;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">for receiving instruction in prudent behavior,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">doing what is right and just and fair;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">for giving prudence to those who are simple,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew word rendered </span><span class="fq">simple </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs denotes a person who is gullible, without moral direction and inclined to evil.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">knowledge and discretion to the young&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">let the wise listen and add to their learning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">and let the discerning get guidance&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">for understanding proverbs and parables,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">the sayings and riddles of the wise.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">understanding a proverb, namely, a parable, / and the sayings of the wise, their riddles</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The fear of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is the beginning of knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">but fools</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew words rendered </span><span class="fq">fool </span><span class="ft">in Proverbs, and often elsewhere in the Old Testament, denote a person who is morally deficient.</span></span></span><span class="content"> despise wisdom and instruction.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom</span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Listen, my son, to your father&#8217;s instruction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">and do not forsake your mother&#8217;s teaching.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They are a garland to grace your head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">and a chain to adorn your neck.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My son, if sinful men entice you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">do not give in to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">If they say, &#8220;Come along with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s lie in wait for innocent blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">let&#8217;s ambush some harmless soul;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">let&#8217;s swallow them alive, like the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">and whole, like those who go down to the pit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">we will get all sorts of valuable things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">and fill our houses with plunder;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">cast lots with us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">we will all share the loot&#8221;&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">my son, do not go along with them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">do not set foot on their paths;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for their feet rush into evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">they are swift to shed blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How useless to spread a net</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">where every bird can see it!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.1.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">These men lie in wait for their own blood;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">they ambush only themselves!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">it takes away the life of those who get it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Wisdom&#8217;s Rebuke</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.1.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Out in the open wisdom calls aloud,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">she raises her voice in the public square;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.1.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">on top of the wall</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">/ at noisy street corners</span></span></span><span class="content"> she cries out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">at the city gate she makes her speech:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you who are simple love your simple ways?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">How long will mockers delight in mockery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">and fools hate knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.1.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Repent at my rebuke!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">I will make known to you my teachings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.1.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">But since you refuse to listen when I call</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">since you disregard all my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">and do not accept my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.1.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">I will mock when calamity overtakes you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.1.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">when calamity overtakes you like a storm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">when distress and trouble overwhelm you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.1.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then they will call to me but I will not answer;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">they will look for me but will not find me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.1.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">since they hated knowledge</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">and did not choose to fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.1.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Since they would not accept my advice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">and spurned my rebuke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.1.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">they will eat the fruit of their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.1.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">For the waywardness of the simple will kill them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">and the complacency of fools will destroy them;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PRO.1.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">but whoever listens to me will live in safety</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PRO.1.33"><span class="content">and be at ease, without fear of harm.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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