1 Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of ANum 33:10, 11; Ezek 30:15Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on BEx 12:6, 51; 19:1the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. 2 The whole congregation of the sons of Israel AEx 14:11; 15:24; Ps 106:25; 1 Cor 10:10grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. 3 The sons of Israel said to them, “AEx 17:3; Num 14:2, 3; 20:3; Lam 4:9Would that we had died by the Loʀᴅ’s hand in the land of Egypt, BNum 11:4, 5when we sat by the pots of 1Or fleshmeat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

4 Then the Loʀᴅ said to Moses, “Behold, ANeh 9:15; Ps 78:23-25; 105:40; John 6:31; 1 Cor 10:3I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may BEx 15:25; Deut 8:2, 16test them, whether or not they will walk in My 1Or lawinstruction. 5  “AEx 16:22On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily.” 6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, “At evening 1Lit and youAEx 6:7you will know that the Loʀᴅ has brought you out of the land of Egypt; 7 and in the morning 1Lit and youyou will see AEx 16:10, 12; Is 35:2; 40:5; John 11:4, 40the glory of the Loʀᴅ, for BNum 14:27; 17:5He hears your grumblings against the Loʀᴅ; and CNum 16:11what are we, that you grumble against us?”

8 Moses said, “This will happen when the Loʀᴅ gives you 1Or fleshmeat to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for the Loʀᴅ hears your grumblings which you grumble against Him. And what are we? Your grumblings are A1 Sam 8:7; Luke 10:16; Rom 13:2; 1 Thess 4:8not against us but against the Loʀᴅ.”

9 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, ‘ANum 16:16Come near before the Loʀᴅ, for He has heard your grumblings.’ ” 10 It came about as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, that they 1Lit turnedlooked toward the wilderness, and behold, AEx 13:21; 16:7; Num 16:19; 1 Kin 8:10fthe glory of the Loʀᴅ appeared in the cloud. 11 And the Loʀᴅ spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “AEx 16:8; Num 14:27I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, ‘1Lit Between the two eveningsAt twilight you shall eat 2Or fleshmeat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and BEx 6:7; 16:7; 1 Kin 20:28; Joel 3:17you shall know that I am the Loʀᴅ your God.’ ”

13 So it came about at evening that ANum 11:31; Ps 78:27-29; 105:40the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning BNum 11:9there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14 ANum 11:7-9When the layer of dew 1Lit had gone upevaporated, behold, on the 2Lit face ofsurface of the wilderness BEx 16:31; Neh 9:15; Ps 78:24; 105:40there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground. 15 When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “1Heb Man hu, cf v 31What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “AEx 16:4; Neh 9:15; Ps 78:24; John 6:31; 1 Cor 10:3It is the bread which the Loʀᴅ has given you to eat. 16  “This is 1Lit the thing whichwhat the Loʀᴅ has commanded, ‘Gather of it every man 2Lit according to his eatingas much as he should eat; you shall take 3Lit an omer for a headAEx 16:32, 36an omer apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent.’ ” 17 The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little. 18 When they measured it with an omer, A2 Cor 8:15he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered 1Lit according to his eatingas much as he should eat. 19 Moses said to them, “AEx 12:10; 16:23; 23:18Let no man leave any of it until morning.” 20 But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them. 21 They gathered it morning by morning, every man 1Lit according to his eatingas much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt.

22 AEx 16:5Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. When all the BEx 34:31leaders of the congregation came and told Moses, 23 then he said to them, “This is what the Loʀᴅ 1Lit spokemeant: AGen 2:3; Ex 20:8-11; 23:12; 31:15; 35:2; Lev 23:3; Neh 9:13, 14Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the Loʀᴅ. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and BEx 16:19all that is left over 2Lit lay up for youput aside to be kept until morning.” 24 So they 1Lit laid it upput it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and AEx 16:20it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it. 25 Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the Loʀᴅ; today you will not find it in the field. 26  “AEx 20:9, 10Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be 1Lit none on itnone.”

27 It came about on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. 28 Then the Loʀᴅ said to Moses, “A2 Kin 17:14; Ps 78:10; 106:13How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My 1Or lawsinstructions? 29  “See, 1Lit for the Loʀᴅthe Loʀᴅ has given you the sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain 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 The house of ANum 11:7-9; Deut 8:3, 16Israel named it 1Heb man, cf v 15manna, and it was like BEx 16:14coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey. 32 Then Moses said, “This is 1Lit the thing whichwhat the Loʀᴅ has commanded, ‘Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ” 33 Moses said to Aaron, “AHeb 9:4; Rev 2:17Take a jar and put an omerful of manna in it, and place it before the Loʀᴅ to be kept throughout your generations.” 34 As the Loʀᴅ commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before AEx 25:16, 21; 27:21; 40:20; Num 17:10the Testimony, to be kept. 35 ADeut 8:2f; Josh 5:12; Neh 9:20, 21The sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. 36 (Now AEx 16:16an omer is a tenth of an 1I.e. Approx one buephah.)