Exodus - 16

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.