¶ And they took¹ their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin², which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.

³And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

And the children of Israel said unto them, Would⁴ to God we had⁵ died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh⁶ pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill⁷ this whole assembly with hunger⁸.

Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain⁹ bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day¹⁰, that I may prove them,¹¹ whether they will walk in my law, or no.

And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare¹² that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.

And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even¹³, then ye shall know that the LORD¹⁴ hath brought you out from the land of Egypt:

And in the morning¹⁵, then ye shall¹⁶ see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we¹⁷, that ye murmur against us?

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 heareth¹⁸ your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against¹⁹ the LORD.

And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near²⁰ before the LORD: for he hath heard²¹ your murmurings.

¶ And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they²² looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared²³ in the cloud.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

I have²⁴ heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even²⁵ ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning²⁶ ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know²⁷ that I am the LORD your God.

¶ And it came to pass, that at even the quails²⁸ came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew²⁹ lay round about the host.

And when the dew³⁰ that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost³¹ on the ground.

And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna³²: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is³³ the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer³⁴ for every man³⁵, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.

And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more³⁶, some less³⁷.

³⁸And 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.

³⁹And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.

¶ Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms⁴⁰, and stank: and Moses⁴¹ was wroth with them.

⁴²And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

¶⁴³And 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.

And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest⁴⁴ of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake⁴⁵ 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.

⁴⁶And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.

⁴⁷And 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.

⁴⁸Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.

And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none⁴⁹.

⁵⁰And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

See, for that the LORD hath given⁵¹ you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye⁵² every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

¶⁵³So the people rested on the seventh day.

And the house of Israel called the name⁵⁴ thereof Manna: and it was⁵⁵ like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

¶⁵⁶And 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.

⁵⁷And 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.

⁵⁸As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years⁵⁹, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto⁶⁰ the borders⁶¹ of the land of Canaan.

⁶²Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.