Exodus 16

1 On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.

2 And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

3 “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

4 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

5 Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

7 and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?”

8 And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

9 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”

10 And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.

11 Then the LORD said to Moses,

12 “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

13 That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

14 When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

15 When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

16 This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”

17 So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.

18 When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

19 Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.”

20 But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

21 Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.

23 He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”

24 So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.

25 “Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.

26 For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”

27 Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.

28 Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?

29 Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”

30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

31 Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

32 Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

33 So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”

34 And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

36 (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)

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.

2 And all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

3 And they said: Would to God that we had died in Egypt by the hand of the LORD, sitting by the fleshpots, and having an abundance of bread to eat! For therefore have ye brought us out into this wilderness, to cause all this congregation to die of hunger.

4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven upon you, and the people shall go forth, and gather every day that they have need of, that I may try them, whether they walk in my law, or not.

5 And on the sixth day they shall send themselves to bring in twofold, neither shall they gather any more daily.

6 And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you up out of the land of Egypt,

7 And in the morning ye shall see the glory of the LORD: for he hath heard your murmuring against the LORD. What are we, that ye murmur against us?

8 And Moses said, The LORD will give you meat to eat at even, and in the morning he will give you bread in abundance: because the LORD hath heard your murmurings, which ye have murmured against him. For what are we? Your murmuring is not against us, but against the LORD.

9 And Moses said 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 when Aaron spake thus unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, they turned toward the wilderness: and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in a cloud.

11 And the LORD said unto Moses:

12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Say unto them: Ye shall eat flesh between the evenings, and be satisfied with bread in the morning; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.

13 And in the evening quails came up, and covered the host. And in the morning the dew was round about the host.

14 And when the dew was gone, behold, it lay in the wilderness round and small, like the hoarfrost of the land.

15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, This is Man: for they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them: It is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

16 Now this is the thing which the LORD commanded: Let every man gather together as much as he may eat for himself, and let him take a gomor upon every man's head, according to the number of the souls that are in his tent.

17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, the one much, and the other little.

18 But when it was measured by the measure of Gomor, he that had gathered much was not found above, neither he that had gathered little was found below: but every man had gathered as much as he might eat for himself.

19 And Moses said unto them: Let no man leave any of these things until to morrow.

20 But they hearkened not unto Moses. And some of them left it until the morning: and worms grew in it, and it stank. And Moses was wroth with them.

21 And they gathered them together every morning, as much as every man might eat for himself. But when the sun shone hot, it melted.

22 And on the sixth day they gathered bread by twain, two gomor by one. And all the rulers of the congregation came in, and told Moses.

23 And he said unto them: This is it that the LORD hath said: To morrow is the sabbath of the holy rest of the LORD: bake that which ye will bake, and boil that which ye will boil: but that which is left over let it remain, that it may be kept until to morrow.

24 And they left it until the morning, as Moses commanded: and it stank not, neither was there any worm in it.

25 And Moses said, Eat this to day: for to day is the sabbath of the LORD: ye shall not find it to day in the field.

26 Six days ye shall glean: but the seventh day is the sabbath: therein shall it not be.

27 And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and seventy palm trees: and they pitched there by the waters. Ch. 16, v. 1: And they departed from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came into the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they came out of Egypt.

27 But on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, and found nothing.

28 Then said the LORD unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my statutes?

29 Behold, the LORD hath given you the sabbath day: therefore he giveth you bread on the sixth day of two days. Let every man therefore abide in his own, and let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

30 So the people of the seventh day feasted.

31 And the house of Israel called it Man: and it was as coriander seed, and white, and had a savour like bread with honey.

32 And Moses said, This is that the LORD commanded: Fill up a gomor of it, to keep for your seed, that the bread may be seen, wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth out of the land of Egypt.

33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pitcher, and put a gomor full of man in it, and leave it before the LORD to be kept for your seed.

34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so let Aaron keep it there before the testimony.

35 And the children of Israel did eat Man forty years, until they came unto the land where they were to dwell; even unto the border of the land of Canaan did they eat Man.

36 And a gomor is the tenth part of an ephah.