[1] And they went on their way from Elim, and all the children of Israel
came into the waste land of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the
fifteenth day of the second month after they went out of the land of Egypt.
[2] And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron
in the waste land: [3] And the children of Israel said to them, It would
have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt,
where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs;
for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to
death through need of food. [4] Then the Lord said to Moses, See, I will
send down bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out every day
and get enough for the day's needs; so that I may put them to the test to
see if they will keep my laws or not. [5] And on the sixth day they are to
make ready what they get in, and it will be twice as much as they get on
the other days. [6] And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel,
This evening it will be clear to you that it is the Lord who has taken you
out of the land of Egypt: [7] And in the morning you will see the glory of
the Lord; for your angry words against the Lord have come to his ears: and
what are we that you are crying out against us? [8] And Moses said, The
Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread
in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for
what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord. [9] And
Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the people of Israel, Come near before the
Lord for he has given ear to your outcry. [10] And while Aaron was talking
to the children of Israel, their eyes were turned in the direction of the
waste land, and they saw the glory of the Lord shining in the cloud. [11]
And the Lord said to Moses, [12] The outcry of the children of Israel has
come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your
food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am
the Lord your God. [13] And it came about that in the evening little birds
came up and the place was covered with them: and in the morning there was
dew all round about the tents. [14] And when the dew was gone, on the face
of the earth was a small round thing, like small drops of ice on the earth.
[15] And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What
is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the
bread which the Lord has given you for your food. [16] This is what the
Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate
of one omer for every person, let every man take as much as is needed for
his family. [17] And the children of Israel did so, and some took more and
some less. [18] And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had
nothing over, and he who had little had enough; every man had taken what he
was able to make use of. [19] And Moses said to them, Let nothing be kept
till the morning. [20] But they gave no attention to Moses, and some of
them kept it till the morning and there were worms in it and it had an evil
smell: and Moses was angry with them. [21] And they took it up morning by
morning, every man as he had need: and when the sun was high it was gone.
[22] And on the sixth day they took up twice as much of the bread, two
omers for every person: and all the rulers of the people gave Moses word of
it. [23] And he said, This is what the Lord has said, Tomorrow is a day of
rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord: what has to be cooked may be cooked; and
what is over, put on one side to be kept till the morning. [24] And they
kept it till the morning as Moses had said: and no smell came from it, and
it had no worms. [25] And Moses said, Make your meal today of what you
have, for this day is a Sabbath to the Lord: today you will not get any in
the fields. [26] For six days you will get it, but on the seventh day, the
Sabbath, there will not be any. [27] But still on the seventh day some of
the people went out to get it, and there was not any. [28] And the Lord
said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws? [29]
See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth
day bread enough for two days; let every man keep where he is; let no man
go out of his place on the seventh day. [30] So the people took their rest
on the seventh day. [31] And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was
white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.
[32] And Moses said, This is the order which the Lord has given: Let one
omer of it be kept for future generations, so that they may see the bread
which I gave you for your food in the waste land, when I took you out from
the land of Egypt. [33] And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot and put one
omer of manna in it, and put it away before the Lord, to be kept for future
generations. [34] So Aaron put it away in front of the holy chest to be
kept, as the Lord gave orders to Moses. [35] And the children of Israel had
manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people
in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan. [36] Now an omer
is the tenth part of an ephah.

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