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The Book of Exodus 16

16 And they journeyed on from Elim, and all of the congregation of the sons of Israel entered into the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. 2 And all the congregation of the sons of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness. 3 And the sons of Israel said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of Yahweh in the land of Egypt, sitting by a pot of meat, eating bread to the full. For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

4 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold me make bread rain down from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather the portion of a day each day, so that I may test them: Will they walk in my law or not? 5 And so it will be, on the sixth day, that they shall prepare what they bring in, and that will be twice as much as what they gather daily.”

6 And Moses and Aaron said to all of the sons of Israel, “At evening you will know that Yahweh brought you out from the land of Egypt. 7 In the morning you will see the glory of Yahweh in his hearing your murmurings against Yahweh. And who are we that you murmur against us?” 8 And Moses said, “So Yahweh gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to satiation; Yahweh is hearing your murmurings that you murmur against him. And what are we? Not against us is your murmuring, but against Yahweh.”

9 And Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all of the congregation of the sons of Israel, ‘Approach the face of Yahweh, for he has heard your murmurings.’ ” 10 And so it was, as Aaron spoke to all of the congregation of the sons of Israel, that they turned toward the wilderness, and behold! the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud!

11 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel. Speak to them saying, ‘Between the evenings you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be satisfied with bread. And you will know that I am Yahweh your God.’ ”

13 And so it was, in the evening quail came up and covered the camp. And in the morning the dew was lying round about the camp. 14 And the lying dew went up; and behold! on the face of the wilderness were thin flakes, thin like frost on the ground. 15 And the sons of Israel saw it, and they said each man to his brother, “What is it?” Because they did not know what it was.

And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that Yahweh has given you to eat. 16 This is the thing that Yahweh has commanded: ‘Gather from it each according to the mouths of his eating; an omer for each person up to the number of your people, each shall take for those in his tent.’ ” 17 And the sons of Israel did so. And they gathered much, or little, 18 and they measured it by omer. And there was no extra for those with much, and no lack for those with little. Each man gathered according to what he needed to eat.

19 And Moses said to them, “A man shall not save any of it until morning.” 20 But they did not listen to Moses. And men reserved some of it until morning, and it bred worms, and it stank. And Moses became angry with them. 21 And they gathered it morning by morning, each man according to the mouths of his eating. And the sun became hot, and it melted.

22 And so it was, on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each person. And all the leaders of the community came and told Moses. 23 And he said to them, “This is what Yahweh spoke: ‘Tomorrow is a rest, a Sabbath of holiness to Yahweh. What you are baking—bake! and what you are cooking—cook! And all of the leftovers cause to rest, for preservation for yourselves until morning.’ ”

24 And they left it until morning, as Moses had instructed. And it did not become foul, and no worms were in it. 25 And Moses said, “Eat it today, for it is Sabbath, a day for Yahweh, a day you will not find it in the fields. 26 You shall gather it for six days, and on the seventh day, Sabbath, there will be none of it.”

27 And so it was, on the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. 28 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Until what time will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 Look! For Yahweh has given you the Sabbath. So on the sixth day he is giving you bread for two days. Each one stay where he is; a man shall not be going out from his place on the seventh day.” 30 And the people rested on the seventh day.

31 And the house of Israel called its name “manna.” And it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey. 32 And Moses said, “This is the procedure that Yahweh has commanded: ‘A full omer of it for preservation for your descendants so that they can see the bread which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out from the land of Egypt.’ ”

33 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take one pot and put there a full omer of manna. Put it before the face of Yahweh, for preservation for your descendants.” 34 Just as Yahweh commanded to Moses, so Aaron put it before the face of the Covenant, for preservation. 35 And the sons of Israel ate manna 40 years, until they came to inhabited land. They ate manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan. 36 (And an omer, it is a tenth of an ephah.)

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