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19. And Moses said, “Let no man leave any of it until the next morning.”

20. But they did not hearken to Moses, and some of them left part of it until the next morning. And it became rotten with maggots, and stank. And Moses was angry with them.

21. And they gathered it morning by morning, each man according to his eating. And when the sun became hot, it melted.

22. And it came to pass, on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

23. And he said to them, “This is that which the LORD has said, ‘Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil. And that which remains over, lay up for yourselves to be kept until the next morning.’ ”

24. And they laid it up until the next morning as Moses said. And it did not stink; neither was there any worm in it.

25. And Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you shall not find it in the field.

26. Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, in it there shall be none.”

27. And it came to pass that some of the people went out on the seventh day in order to gather, but they did not find any.

28. And the LORD said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?

29. See, because the LORD has given you the Sabbath, therefore He gives you the bread of two days on the sixth day. Let each one stay in his place. Do not let any one go out of his place on the seventh day.”

30. So the people rested on the seventh day.

31. And the house of Israel called the name of it Manna. And it was like coriander seed, white. And the taste of it was like wafers with honey.

32. And Moses said, “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, ‘Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations, so that you may see the bread with which I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out from the land of Egypt.’ ”

33. And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a pot and put an omer full of manna in it, and lay it up before the LORD to be kept for your generations.”

34. As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the testimony to be kept.

35. And the children of Israel ate manna forty years until they came to a habitable land. They ate manna until they came into the borders of the land of Canaan.

36. And an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

 (A Faithful Version)

19. 摩西對眾人說：食物不能留到二天後天明時分。

20. 有不聽吩咐的，私下留到二天後天明，為此食物腐爛生蟲，發出一陣惡臭。摩西見了就氣。

21. 原因是食物是按每人每餐的食量取回，太陽一曬，加速了食物的腐化速度。

22. 事緣第六日這天，當日就有一些族群的領袖報告摩西，他們收取數量是平日的兩倍，每人兩俄梅珥。

23. 摩西當時回答：這是耶和華吩咐，明天定為安息日。今天，烤煮隨便。剩下的，可留到翌日早晨。

24. 他們照摩西所說的，把剩下的留到第二天早晨吃，食物沒有發臭，沒有蟲。

25. 摩西說：今天是耶和華定為安息日，可盡情食用，這些食物世上找不到。

26. 在第六天你們可以收取食物，第七天，就是安息日這天，什麼都沒有。

27. 時間過得很快，到了第七天，有人出去收取食物，什麼也沒找到。

28. 耶和華與摩西對談：他們要到幾時才會遵守我的吩咐和教導？

29. 大家可知，耶和華給人安息日，祂就在第六日這天，容許人可以拿雙份食物。到了第七日，各人留在自己的住處，誰都不可離開。

30. 以色列人就在第七天，全數安心休息在自己的住處。

31. 以色列人稱這食物為嗎哪 (不知道是什麼)。像香菜，外表白色；味道像塗了蜂蜜的威化餅。

32. 摩西對眾人說：這是耶和華所賜，是你們這一代人，每人盛滿一俄梅珥，在曠野這段日子，每次食用這種食物的時候，便曉得是祂所賜。

33. 摩西對亞倫說：拿一個罐子，盛滿一俄梅珥嗎哪，每當食用的時候，知道是耶和華在曠野賜下，領我們這一代人離開。

34. 亞倫照耶和華對摩西所言，每當用膳前就高舉嗎哪，作為見證。

35. 以色列人吃嗎哪四十年，直到他們來到可安居之地，就是迦南地的邊界為止。

36. 一俄梅珥是伊法的十分之一。

註：這是推敲，原來的意思連當時的摩西都不知道。

Manna  is the miraculous food described in the Bible that God provided to the Israelites during their 40-year journey through the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt.  The name derives from the Hebrew question  “What is it?”  (man hu), which the Israelites exclaimed upon first seeing the substance. 

Biblically, manna is described as a  fine, flaky substance  that appeared on the ground each morning with the dew, resembling  coriander seed  in size and  white  in color.   It had a taste comparable to  wafers made with honey  or honey wafers, and it served as the primary sustenance for the Israelite community until they entered the Promised Land.

Jewish understanding of  Exodus 16:31–36  centers on the manna as a divine provision and a perpetual memorial of God’s faithfulness.  The text describes the manna as resembling  coriander seed, being  white, and tasting like  wafers with honey. 

An omer  is an ancient Israelite unit of dry measure defined in the Bible (specifically Exodus 16:36) as  one-tenth of an ephah. 

• Volume: It is approximately  2.2 liters  (or 2 dry quarts). 
• Weight: In traditional Jewish standards, it equates to the volume of  43.2 chicken eggs  and weighs between  1.56–1.77 kg  (3.4–3.9 lb) of flour. 
• Context: This measure was used to quantify the daily portion of  manna  provided to the Israelites in the wilderness and for grain offerings in the Temple

出埃及，對以色列人而言，是個生命更新的過程，舊成過去都變成新的了，因為從生活的方式的大改變當中，建立一種依靠，用信心在生活上仰賴耶和華的供應。它是信心的一個實在的依據，不單在當時的以色列人合用，即使是今日，或是更長遠的將人，信的人都要具備的認知。

1. 認知生活的真實：在不足或是看似缺乏的時候，是因為大環境因素，不是個人的懶散導致，大能者必會供應。

2. 在餐搵餐清的處境下：有一滴油就會用之不盡，食物的份量不多，足夠就是，也不會難食，因為食物本身能入口都不會難食。

3.信把人與耶和華連在一起：憑信過生活，不是等耶和華救濟。所謂依靠那是在不同條件有不同的幫助，以色列人到了曠野，那不毛之地，就得依靠耶和華的供應。

拿因城寡婦她有一滴油，就連先知都給養活：記載在列王紀上 17 章。故事講述先知以利亞在饑荒時期，奉耶和華差遣去見一位在撒勒法的外邦寡婦。

當時這位寡婦正準備做最後一頓飯給自己和兒子吃，然後等待餓死。她手裡只有一把麵粉和一點油。以利亞請求她先為他做一個小餅，並應許上帝會讓那把麵粉和一點油在饑荒期間不短缺。

4. 嗎哪是一個明證：亞倫在享用嗎哪的時候，要向群眾高舉，以示眾人，這嗎哪是帶領以色列人出埃及的明證。(這舉動也許就是今日謝飯前的禱告，不是因為粒粒皆辛苦，而是以色列人，記念耶和華領他們出埃及)。

5. 守安息日。走七日的路程，有一天休息，是恢復體力走更遠的路。這個暫停下來的休息，是耶和華體恤人的軟弱。有病有痛對個人而言，是因為過勞，當人明白自己，知所進退，病痛在早期出現徵象就發現，停一停，休閒補充就可以。它不是必然是六日(當時須要)，卻是一種提醒。

這一切事都發生在曠野之地，是出埃及之後發生。它之以為奇事是因為前無，後來也不會再次發生，是一件獨立事件。記載下來，卻讓人明白耶和華對以色列人，無論當中有信有不信，都是雅各之後，因為約瑟和摩西，改變了以色列人整體的生命，由受人約束到由己決定的生活方式。

生活方式可以自由，信心的基礎只有一處：相信耶和華在你無助時，會扶你一把。這是個人自強，不用別人就是單單相信。你相信又體會，就分享出去，助你的好友相信。