Manna and Quail from Heaven
1And they took their journeyfrom Elim,and all the congregationof the childrenof Israelcameunto the wildernessof Sin,which [is] between Elimand Sinai,on the fifteenthdayof the secondmonthafter their departing outof the landof Egypt.2And the whole congregationof the childrenof Israelmurmuredagainst Mosesand Aaronin the wilderness:3And the childrenof Israelsaidunto them, Would to Godwe had diedby the handof the LORDin the landof Egypt,when we satby the fleshpots,[and] when we did eatbreadto the full;for ye have brought us forthinto this wilderness,to killthis whole assemblywith hunger.
4Then saidthe LORDunto Moses,Behold, I will rainbreadfrom heavenfor you; and the peopleshall go outand gathera certain rateevery day,that I may provethem, whether they will walkin my law,or no.5And it shall come to pass, that on the sixthdaythey shall prepare[that] whichthey bring in;and it shall be twiceas much as they gatherdaily.6And Mosesand Aaronsaidunto all the childrenof Israel,At even,then ye shall knowthat the LORDhath brought you outfrom the landof Egypt:7And in the morning,then ye shall seethe gloryof the LORD;for that he hearethyour murmuringsagainst the LORD:and what [are] we,that ye murmur{08675;03885:08735} against us?
8And Mosessaid,[This shall be], when the LORDshall giveyou in the eveningfleshto eat,and in the morningbreadto the full;for that the LORDhearethyour murmuringswhich ye murmuragainst him: and what [are] we?your murmurings[are] not against us, but against the LORD.
9And Mosesspakeunto Aaron,Sayunto all the congregationof the childrenof Israel,Come nearbeforethe LORD:for he hath heardyour murmurings.10And it came to pass, as Aaronspakeunto the whole congregationof the childrenof Israel,that they lookedtoward the wilderness,and, behold, the gloryof the LORDappearedin the cloud.11And the LORDspakeunto Moses,saying,12I have heardthe murmuringsof the childrenof Israel:speakunto them, saying,At evenye shall eatflesh,and in the morningye shall be filledwith bread;and ye shall knowthat I [am] the LORDyour God.
13And it came to pass, that at eventhe quailscame up,and coveredthe camp:and in the morningthe dewlayround aboutthe host.14And when the dewthat laywas gone up,behold, upon the faceof the wilderness[there lay] a smallround thing,[as] smallas the hoar froston the ground.15And when the childrenof Israelsaw[it], they saidoneto another,It [is] manna:for they wistnot what it [was]. And Mosessaidunto them, This [is] the breadwhich the LORDhath givenyou to eat.16This [is] the thingwhichthe LORDhath commanded,Gatherof it every manaccordingto his eating,an omerfor every man,[according to] the numberof your persons;takeye every manfor [them] which [are] in his tents.17And the childrenof Israeldidso, and gathered,some more,some less.18And when they did mete[it] with an omer,he that gathered muchhad nothing over,and he that gathered littlehad no lack;they gatheredevery manaccordingto his eating.19And Mosessaid,Let no manleaveof it till the morning.20Notwithstanding they hearkenednot unto Moses;but someof them leftof it until the morning,and it bredworms,and stank:and Moseswas wrothwith them.21And they gatheredit every morning,every manaccordingto his eating:and when the sunwaxed hot,it melted.
The Sabbath Observed
(Genesis 2:1-3;Hebrews 4:1-11)
22And it came to pass, [that] on the sixthdaythey gatheredtwiceas much bread,twoomersfor one[man]: and all the rulersof the congregationcameand toldMoses.23And he saidunto them, This [is that] which the LORDhath said,To morrow[is] the restof the holysabbathunto the LORD:bake[that] which ye will bake[to day], and seethethat ye will seethe;and that whichremaineth overlay upfor you to be keptuntil the morning.24And they laid it uptill the morning,as Mosesbade:and it did not stink,neither was there any wormtherein.25And Mosessaid,Eatthat to day;for to day[is] a sabbathunto the LORD:to dayye shall not findit in the field.26Sixdaysye shall gatherit; but on the seventhday,[which is] the sabbath,in it there shall be none.
27And it came to pass, [that] there went out[some] of the peopleon the seventhdayfor to gather,and they foundnone.28And the LORDsaidunto Moses,How long refuseye to keepmy commandmentsand my laws?29See,for that the LORDhath givenyou the sabbath,therefore he givethyou on the sixthdaythe breadof two days;abideye every manin his place, let no mango outof his placeon the seventhday.30So the peoplerestedon the seventhday.
31And the houseof Israelcalledthe namethereof Manna:and it [was] like corianderseed,white;and the tasteof it [was] like wafers[made] with honey.32And Mosessaid,This [is] the thingwhich the LORDcommandeth,Fillan omerof it to be keptfor your generations;that they may seethe breadwherewith I have fedyou in the wilderness,when I brought you forthfrom the landof Egypt.33And Mosessaidunto Aaron,Takeapot,and putan omerfullof mannatherein, and lay it upbeforethe LORD,to be keptfor your generations.34As the LORDcommandedMoses,so Aaronlaid it upbeforethe Testimony,to be kept.35And the childrenof Israeldid eatmannafortyyears,until they cameto a landinhabited;they did eatmanna,until they cameunto the bordersof the landof Canaan.36Now an omer[is] the tenth[part] of an ephah.
