So they laid it by till the morning uses the same words as verse 23. As Moses bade them is literally “just as Moses commanded.” (This suggests that at least part of verse 23 should be understood as Moses’ words.) And it did not become foul uses the same words as verse 20. And there were no worms in it uses a word for worms that refers more specifically to “maggots,” but it should probably be translated the same as in verse 20.

An alternative translation model for this verse is:

• The people obeyed Moses and kept what was left of the food until the next day. It did not smell or have maggots in it.

Quoted with permission from Osborn, Noel D. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Exodus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1999. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .