| 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 against Aaron in the wilderness: 3 and
the children of Israel said unto them, Would that we had died by the hand of
Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, 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 Jehovah unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for
you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I
may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not. 5 And it shall
come to pass on the sixth day, that 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
Jehovah hath brought you out from the land of Egypt; 7 and in the morning,
then ye shall see the glory of Jehovah; for that he heareth your murmurings
against Jehovah: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? 8 And Moses
said, This shall be, when Jehovah shall give you in the evening flesh
to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that Jehovah heareth your
murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are
not against us, but against Jehovah. 9 And Moses said unto Aaron, Say unto
all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before Jehovah; 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 Jehovah appeared in the cloud.
11 And Jehovah 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 Jehovah your God.
13 And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the
camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp. 14 And when the
dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small
round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground. 15 And when the
children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? For they
knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, It is the bread which Jehovah
hath given you to eat. 16 This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded,
Gather ye of it every man according to his eating; an omer a head, according
to the number of your persons, shall ye take it, every man for them that are
in his tent. 17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more,
some less. 18 And when they measured 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 unto them, 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
became foul: and Moses was wroth with them. 21 And they gathered it
morning by 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 each one: and all the rulers of
the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them, This is
that which Jehovah hath spoken, Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath
unto Jehovah: bake that which ye will bake, and boil that which ye will boil;
and all that 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
become foul, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, Eat
that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath unto Jehovah: to-day ye shall not find
it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day is
the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 27 And it came to pass on the
seventh day, that there went out some of the people to gather, and they found
none. 28 And Jehovah said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my
commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that Jehovah 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 Jehovah hath commanded,
Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see
the bread wherewith I 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 omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before Jehovah, to be kept
throughout your generations. 34 As Jehovah commanded Moses, so Aaron laid
it up before the Testimony, to be kept. 35 And the children of Israel did
eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat
the manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now
an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.
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