¹They took their journey 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 their departing out of the land of Egypt .

²The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness ;

³and the children of Israel said to them , “We wish that we had died by the LORD ’s hand in the land of Egypt , when we sat by the meat pots , when we ate our fill of bread , for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger .”

⁴Then the LORD said to Moses , “Behold , I will rain bread from the sky for you , and the people shall go out and gather a day ’s portion every day , that I may test them , whether they will walk in my law or not .

⁵It shall come to pass on the sixth day , that they shall prepare that which they bring in , and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily .”

⁶Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel , “At evening , you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt .

⁷In the morning , you shall see the LORD ’s glory ; because he hears your murmurings against the LORD . Who are we , that you murmur against us ?”

⁸Moses said , “Now the LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening , and in the morning bread to satisfy you , because the LORD hears your murmurings which you murmur against him . And who are we ? Your murmurings are not against us , but against the LORD .”

⁹Moses said to Aaron, “Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel , ‘Come close to the LORD , for he has heard your murmurings .’”

¹⁰As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel , they looked towards the wilderness , and behold , the LORD ’s glory appeared in the cloud .

¹¹The LORD spoke to Moses , saying ,

¹²“I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel . Speak to them , saying , ‘At evening you shall eat meat , and in the morning you shall be filled with bread . Then you will know that I am the LORD your God .’”

¹³In the evening , quail came up and covered the camp ; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp .

¹⁴When the dew that lay had gone , behold , on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing , small as the frost on the ground .

¹⁵When the children of Israel saw it , they said to one another , “What is it ?” For they didn’t know what it was . Moses said to them , “It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat .

¹⁶This is the thing which the LORD has commanded : ‘Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head , according to the number of your persons , you shall take it , every man for those who are in his tent.’”[#16:16 An omer is about 2.2 litres or about 2.3 quarts]

¹⁷The children of Israel did so , and some gathered more , some less .

¹⁸When they measured it with an omer , he who gathered much had nothing over , and he who gathered little had no lack . They each gathered according to his eating.

¹⁹Moses said to them , “Let no one leave of it until the morning .”

²⁰Notwithstanding they didn’t listen to Moses , but some of them left of it until the morning , so it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them .

²¹They gathered it morning by morning , everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot , it melted .

²²On the sixth day , they gathered twice as much bread , two omers for each one ; and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses .

²³He said to them , “This is that which the LORD has spoken , ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest , a holy Sabbath to the LORD . Bake that which you want to bake , and boil that which you want to boil ; and all that remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning .’”

²⁴They laid it up until the morning , as Moses ordered , and it didn’t become foul, and there were no worms in it .

²⁵Moses said, “Eat that today , for today is a Sabbath to the LORD . Today you shall not find it in the field .

²⁶Six days you shall gather it , but on the seventh day is the Sabbath . In it there shall be none .”

²⁷On the seventh day , some of the people went out to gather , and they found none .

²⁸The LORD said to Moses , “How long do you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws ?

²⁹Behold , because the LORD has given you the Sabbath , therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days . Everyone stay in his place . Let no one go out of his place on the seventh day .”

³⁰So the people rested on the seventh day .

³¹The house of Israel called its name “Manna ”, and it was like coriander seed , white ; and its taste was like wafers with honey .[#16:31 “Manna” means “What is it?”]

³²Moses said , “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded , ‘Let an omer-full of it be kept throughout 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 .’”

³³Moses said to Aaron, “Take a pot , and put an omer-full of manna in it , and lay it up before the LORD , to be kept throughout your generations .”

³⁴As the LORD commanded Moses , so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony , to be kept .

³⁵The children of Israel ate the manna forty years , until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan .

³⁶Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.[#16:36 1 ephah is about 22 litres or about 2/3 of a bushel]