Exodus:16

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* 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 . * And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness ; * and the children of Israel said unto them : 'Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD 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 .' * Then said the LORD unto Moses : 'Behold , I will cause to 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 . * 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 .' * 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 ; * and in the morning , then ye shall see the glory of the LORD ; for that He hath heard your murmurings against the LORD ; and what are we , that ye murmur against us ?' * 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 .' * 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 .' * And it came to pass , as Aaron spoke 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 . * And the LORD spoke unto Moses , saying : * 'I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel . Speak unto them , saying : At dusk 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 .' * And it came to pass at even , that the quails came up , and covered the camp ; and in the morning there was a layer of dew round about the camp . * And when the layer of dew was gone up , behold upon the face of the wilderness a fine , scale-like thing , fine as the hoar-frost on the ground . * 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 the LORD hath given you to eat . * This is the thing which the LORD 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 .' * And the children of Israel did so , and gathered some more , some less . * 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 . * And Moses said unto them : 'Let no man leave of it till the morning .' * Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses ; but some of them left of it until the morning , and it bred worms , and rotted ; and Moses was wroth with them . * And they gathered it morning by morning , every man according to his eating ; and as the sun waxed hot , it melted . * 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 . * And he said unto them : 'This is that which the LORD hath spoken : To-morrow is a solemn rest , a holy sabbath unto the LORD . Bake that which ye will bake , and seethe that which ye will seethe ; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning .' * And they laid it up till the morning , as Moses bade ; and it did not rot , neither was there any worm therein . * 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 . * Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the seventh day is the sabbath , in it there shall be none .' * And it came to pass on the seventh day , that there went out some of the people to gather , and they found none . * And the LORD said unto Moses : 'How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and My laws ? * See 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 .' * So the people rested on the seventh day . * 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 . * And Moses said : 'This is the thing which the LORD 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 .' * And Moses said unto Aaron : 'Take a jar , and put an omerful of manna therein , and lay it up before the LORD , to be kept throughout your generations .' * As the LORD commanded Moses , so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony , to be kept . * 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 . * Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah .

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