Exodus:16

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* And they took their journey from Elim , and all the congregation of the sons 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 sons of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness ; * and the sons of Israel said unto them , It would have been better if we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt , when we sat by the flesh pots [and ] when we ate bread to the full ; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger . * Then the LORD said unto Moses , Behold , I will rain bread from heaven for you ; and the people shall go out and gather the word for every day , that I may prove them , whether they will walk in my law , or not . * And it shall come to pass that on the sixth day they shall prepare [that ] which they bring in , which shall be twice as much as they gather daily . * Then Moses and Aaron said unto all the sons of Israel , At evening ye shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt ; * And in the morning ye shall see the glory of the LORD ; for he has 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 the LORD has heard your murmurings which ye have murmured against him ; and what [are ] we ? Your murmurings [are ] not against us , but against the LORD . * And Moses spoke unto Aaron , Say unto all the congregation of the sons of Israel , Come near before the LORD , for he has heard your murmurings . * And it came to pass as Aaron spoke unto the whole congregation of the sons 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 sons of Israel ; speak unto them , saying , Between the two evenings ye shall eat flesh , and tomorrow ye shall be filled with bread ; and ye shall know that I [am ] the LORD your God . * And it came to pass , that in the evening quail came up , and covered the camp ; and in the morning the dew descended round about the host . * And when the dew ceased to descend , behold , upon the face of the wilderness [there lay ] a small round thing [as ] small as the hoar frost on the ground . * And when the sons of Israel saw [it ], they said one to another , It [is ] manna ([What is it ?]): for they did not know what it [was ]. Then Moses said unto them , This [is ] the bread which the LORD has given you to eat . * This [is ] the thing which the LORD has commanded , Gather of it every man according to his eating , an omer for each one , [according to ] the number of your persons ; take ye each one for [those ] who [are ] in his tent . * And the sons of Israel did so and gathered , some more , some less . * And when they did measure [it ] with an omer , he that gathered much had nothing over , and he that gathered little had no lack ; they gathered each one according to his eating . * And Moses said , Let no one leave of it until the morning . * Notwithstanding they did not hearken unto Moses ; but some of them left of it until the morning , and it bred worms and stank ; and Moses was angry with them . * And they gathered it early in the morning , each one according to his eating ; and when 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 princes of the congregation came and told Moses . * And he said unto them , This [is ] what the LORD has said , Tomorrow [is ] the holy sabbath of rest unto the LORD ; bake [that ] which ye will bake [today ] and cook what ye will cook ; and that which remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning . * And they laid it up until the morning as Moses bade ; and it did not stink , neither was there any worm in it . * And Moses said , Eat that today ; for today [is ] a sabbath unto the LORD ; today ye shall not find it in the field . * Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the seventh day , [which is ] the sabbath , in it there shall be none . * And it came to pass that [some ] of the people went out on the seventh day 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 has given you the sabbath ; therefore , he gives you the bread of two days on the sixth day ; 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 its name Manna ; and it [was ] like coriander seed , white , and the taste of it [was ] like wafers [made ] with honey . * And Moses said , This [is ] what the LORD has commanded , Fill an omer of it to be kept for your descendants , that they may see the bread with which I have fed you in the wilderness when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt . * And Moses said unto Aaron , Take a pot and put an omer full of manna in it and lay it up before the LORD , to be kept for your descendants . * As the LORD commanded Moses , so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony , to be kept . * Thus the sons of Israel ate manna forty years until they came to a land inhabited ; they ate 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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