“1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of
the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which [is]
between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after
their departing out of the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation
of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the
wilderness: 3 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we
had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by
the flesh pots, [and] when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have
brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with
hunger. 4 Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from
heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate
every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or
no. 5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall
prepare [that] which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as
they gather daily. 6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of
Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out
from the land of Egypt: 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the
glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD:
and what [are] we, that ye murmur against us? 8 And Moses said, [This
shall be], when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and
in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your
murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what [are] we? your
murmurings [are] not against us, but against the LORD. 9 And Moses spake
unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel,
Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. 10 And it
came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children
of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the
glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. 11 And the LORD spake unto
Moses, saying, 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel:
speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning
ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD
your God.”
“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. 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. 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. 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. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some
more, some less. 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. 19 And Moses said, Let
no man leave of it till the morning. 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. 21 And they
gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when
the sun waxed hot, it melted.”
“22 And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered twice
as much bread, two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the
congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them, This [is
that] which the LORD hath said, To morrow [is] the rest of the holy
sabbath unto the LORD: bake [that] which ye will bake [to day], and
seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you
to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning,
as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day [is] a sabbath unto the
LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall
gather it; but on the seventh day, [which is] the sabbath, in it there
shall be none. 27 And it came to pass, [that] there went out [some] of
the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 And
the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and
my laws? 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore
he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man
in his place, let no man 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 thereof Manna: and it [was] like coriander seed, white; and the
taste of it [was] like wafers [made] with honey.”
“32 And Moses said, This [is] the thing which the LORD commandeth,
Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see
the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you
forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot,
and put an omer full of manna therein, 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 did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited;
they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of
Canaan. 36 Now an omer [is] the tenth [part] of an ephah.” (Ex 16:1-36
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