Chapter 16
1 They took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to 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 The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness ;
3 and the children of Israel said to them , " We wish that we had died by Yahweh ’s hand in the land of Egypt , when we sat by the meat pots , when we ate our fill of bread , for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger ."
4 Then Yahweh said to Moses , " Behold , I will rain bread from the sky for you , and the people shall go out and gather a day ’s portion every day , that I may test them , whether they will walk in my law or not .
5 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 ."
6 Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel , " At evening , you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from the land of Egypt .
7 In the morning , you shall see Yahweh ’s glory ; because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh . Who are we , that you murmur against us ?"
8 Moses said , " Now Yahweh will give you meat to eat in the evening , and in the morning bread to satisfy you , because Yahweh hears your murmurings which you murmur against him . And who are we ? Your murmurings are not against us , but against Yahweh ."
9 Moses said to Aaron, " Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel , ‘ Come close to Yahweh , for he has heard your murmurings .’"
10 As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel , they looked toward the wilderness , and behold , Yahweh ’s glory appeared in the cloud .
11 Yahweh spoke to Moses , saying ,
12 " I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel . Speak to them , saying , ‘ At evening you shall eat meat , and in the morning you shall be filled with bread . Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God .’"
13 In the evening , quail came up and covered the camp ; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp .
14 When the dew that lay had gone , behold , on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing , small as the frost on the ground .
15 When the children of Israel saw it , they said to one another , " What is it ?" For they didn’t know what it was . Moses said to them , " It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat .
16 This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded : ‘ Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head , according to the number of your persons , you shall take it , every man for those who are in his tent.’"
17 The children of Israel did so , and some gathered more , some less .
18 When they measured it with an omer , he who gathered much had nothing over , and he who gathered little had no lack . They each gathered according to his eating.
19 Moses said to them , " Let no one leave of it until the morning ."
20 Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses , but some of them left of it until the morning , so it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them .
21 They gathered it morning by morning , everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot , it melted .
22 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 .
23 He said to them , " This is that which Yahweh has spoken , ‘ Tomorrow is a solemn rest , a holy Sabbath to Yahweh . Bake that which you want to bake , and boil that which you want to boil ; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning .’"
24 They laid it up until the morning , as Moses ordered , and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it .
25 Moses said, "Eat that today , for today is a Sabbath to Yahweh . Today you shall not find it in the field .
26 Six days you shall gather it , but on the seventh day is the Sabbath . In it there shall be none ."
27 On the seventh day , some of the people went out to gather , and they found none .
28 Yahweh said to Moses , " How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws ?
29 Behold , because Yahweh has given you the Sabbath , therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days . Everyone stay in his place . Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day ."
30 So the people rested on the seventh day .
31 The house of Israel called its name " Manna ", and it was like coriander seed , white ; and its taste was like wafers with honey .
32 Moses said , " This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded , ‘Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout your generations , that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness , when I brought you out of the land of Egypt .’"
33 Moses said to Aaron, " Take a pot , and put an omer-full of manna in it , and lay it up before Yahweh , to be kept throughout your generations ."
34 As Yahweh commanded Moses , so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony , to be kept .
35 The children of Israel ate the manna forty years , until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan .
36 Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.