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Exodus 16

1The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread. 4God promiseth them bread and flesh from heaven. 13Quails and manna are sent. 16The ordering of the manna. 22A double provision of it is made on the sixth day. 27None to be found on the sabbath. 32An omer of it is preserved.

1 AND they atook their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto 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.

2 And the bwhole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:

3 And the children of Israel said unto them, c*Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the dflesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with ehunger.

4 ¶Then said the LORD unto Moses, fBehold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather 1a certain rate every day, that I may g*prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.

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

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

7 jAnd in the morning, then ye shall see the kglory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and lwhat are we, that ye murmur against us?

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

9 ¶And Moses nspake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near obefore the LORD: for he hath pheard your murmurings.

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

11 ¶And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

    12 rI have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, sAt even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and tye shall know that I am the Lord your God.

    13 And it came to pass, that at even uthe quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the vdew lay round about the host.

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

    15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, 2It is manna: for they *wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, xThis is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

    16 ¶This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man yaccording to his eating, zan omer 3for every man, according to the number of your 4persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.

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

      18 And when they did *mete it with an omer, ahe that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

      19 And Moses said, Let no man bleave of it till the morning.

      20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it cbred worms, and stank: and Moses was *wroth with them.

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

      22 ¶And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered etwice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

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

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

      25 And Moses said, iEat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.

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

      27 ¶And it came to pass, that there kwent out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.

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

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

      30 So the people nrested on the seventh day.

      31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof oManna: and it was plike *coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

      32 ¶And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD qcommandeth, 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.

      33 And Moses said unto Aaron, rTake a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

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

      35 And the children of Israel tdid eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.

      36 Now an omer is the utenth part vof an ephah.