Exodus 16:1 to 18 tells how Israel comes to the wilderness and speaks against Moses. The LORD speaks of bread from the sky, and his glory appears in a cloud. Quail and dew come, and the people see a small round thing and ask what it is. Moses answers, and each person gathers. Read the story, then the real verse.
12 words you will really use: they appear in the story and in the exercises, and come back for review in the next stories.
bread
a food made from flour; it can also mean food in general
noun
glory
great honor and brightness
noun
thing
an object or an idea
noun
speak
to use your voice to say words, or to talk with someone
verb
against
on the other side from; not with
preposition
sit
to rest on a chair or on the ground
verb
tell
to say something to someone
verb
lie
to rest flat on a surface
verb
after
later than; following
preposition
more
a bigger amount
adverb
accord
‘according to’: following, in the way that fits
verb
gather
to pick up things and bring them together
verb
The moments of the story, in the order they happen.
The people speak against Moses in the wilderness and remember the meat pots and the bread of Egypt.
The LORD speaks of bread from the sky, and Moses tells Israel of meat and bread.
In the evening quail come; in the morning dew lies around the camp and a small round thing is there.
The people ask: What is it? Moses says it is the bread the LORD has given, and each one gathers.
The verse that closes the story, in the World English Bible. After 4 lessons, this is how you read it: the real text, with nothing simplified.
Exodus 16:15 · WEB
When the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they didn’t know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
One detail about the scene, with the work it comes from.
Where is the wilderness of Sin? Exodus 16:1 says it lies between Elim and Sinai. The unfoldingWord entry on desert says a desert, or wilderness, is a dry, barren place where very few plants and trees can grow.
Source: World English Bible · Public domain; Translation Words (en_tw) · CC BY-SA 4.0
First the whole story, in simple English with audio for every sentence. Then 4 short lessons, each with a piece of the story, a tip and exercises. At the end, the Bible verse and a little celebration.
Exodus 16:1 to 18, in the World English Bible.
They speak of the land of Egypt, where they sat by the meat pots and ate their fill of bread (Exodus 16:2-3).
That the LORD gives meat in the evening and bread in the morning (Exodus 16:8).
A small round thing on the surface of the wilderness, small as the frost on the ground (Exodus 16:14).
Moses says it is the bread which the LORD has given them to eat (Exodus 16:15).
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