Exodus 16

Bread from Heaven

16And they journeyed 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 they departed from the land of Egypt.H5265H362H5712H1121H3478H935H4057H5512H362H5514H2568H6240H3117H8145H2320H3318H776H47142Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.H5712H1121H3478H3885H4872H175H40573And the children of Israel said to them, "Oh, that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger."H1121H3478H559H4310H5414H4191H3027H3068H776H4714H3427H1320H5518H398H3899H7648H3318H4057H4191H6951H74584Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not.H559H3068H4872H4305H3899H8064H5971H3318H3950H1697H3117H3117H5254H3212H84515"And it shall be on the sixth day that they shall prepare what they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily."H8345H3117H3559H834H935H4932H3950H3117H31176Then Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening you shall know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt.H4872H175H559H1121H3478H6153H3045H3068H3318H776H47147"And in the morning you shall see the glory of the LORD; for He hears your complaints against the LORD. But what are we, that you complain against us?"H1242H7200H3519H3068H8085H8519H3068H5168H3885H38858Also Moses said, "This shall be seen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to the full; for the LORD hears your complaints which you make against Him. And what are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the LORD."H4872H559H3068H5414H6153H1320H398H1242H3899H7646H3068H8085H8519H3885H5168H8519H30689Then Moses spoke to Aaron, "Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come near before the LORD, for He has heard your complaints.'"H4872H559H175H559H5712H1121H3478H7126H6440H3068H8085H851910Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to 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.H175H1696H5712H1121H3478H6437H4057H3519H3068H7200H605111And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,H3068H1696H4872H55912"I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the LORD your God.'"H8085H8519H1121H3478H1696H559H996H6153H398H1320H1242H7646H3899H3045H3068H43013So it was that quails came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning the dew lay all around the camp.H6153H7958H5927H3680H4264H1242H2919H7902H5439H426414And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was a small round substance, as fine as frost on the ground.H2919H7902H5927H6440H4057H1851H2636H1851H3713H77615So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.H1121H3478H7200H559H376H251H4478H3045H4872H559H3899H3068H5414H40216"This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: 'Let every man gather it according to each one's need, one omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.'"H1697H834H3068H6680H3950H376H6310H400H6016H1538H4557H5315H3947H376H16817Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less.H1121H3478H6213H3950H7235H459118So when they measured it by omers, he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one's need.H4058H6016H7235H5736H4591H2637H3950H376H6310H40019And Moses said, "Let no one leave any of it till morning."H4872H559H376H3498H124220Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.H8085H4872H582H3498H1242H7311H8438H887H4872H710721So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need. And when the sun became hot, it melted.H3950H1242H376H6310H400H8121H2552H454922And so it was, on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. And all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.H8345H3117H3950H4932H3899H8147H6016H259H5387H5712H935H5046H487223Then he said to them, "This is what the LORD has said: 'Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.'"H559H3068H1696H4279H7677H6944H7676H3068H644H644H1310H1310H3605H5736H3240H4931H124224So they laid it up till morning, as Moses commanded; and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it.H3240H1242H4872H6680H887H741525Then Moses said, "Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the field.H4872H559H398H3117H3117H7676H3068H3117H4672H770426"Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, there will be none."H8337H3117H3950H7637H3117H767627Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none.H3318H5971H7637H3117H3950H467228And the LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My laws?H3068H559H4872H3985H8104H4687H845129"See! For the LORD has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. Let every man remain in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day."H7200H3068H5414H7676H5414H8345H3117H3899H3117H3427H376H376H3318H4725H7637H311730So the people rested on the seventh day.H5971H7673H7637H311731And the house of Israel called its name Manna. And it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.H1004H3478H7121H8034H4478H1407H2233H3836H2940H6838H170632Then Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: 'Fill an omer with it, to be kept for 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.'"H4872H559H1697H3068H6680H4393H6016H4931H1755H7200H3899H398H4057H3318H776H471433And Moses said to Aaron, "Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations."H4872H559H175H3947H259H6803H5414H6016H4393H4478H3240H6440H3068H4931H175534As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.H3068H6680H4872H175H3240H6440H5715H493135And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.H1121H3478H398H4478H705H8141H935H776H3427H398H4478H935H7097H776H366736Now an omer is one-tenth of an ephah.H6016H6224H374