“Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread
from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a
certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they
will walk in my law, or no. And it shall come to pass, that
on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in;
and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.... I have
heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto
them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning
ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the
Lord your God. And it came to pass, that at even the quails
came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay
round about the host. And when the dew 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. And when the
children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is
manna; for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them,
This is 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 omer for every man, 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 more, some less. And 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. And 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 worms,
and stank; and Moses was wroth with them. And they gathered
it every morning, every man according to his eating; and when
the sun waxed hot, it melted. And it came to pass, that on the
sixth day they gathered twice as much bread,[64] 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,[65] To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the
Lord: bake that which ye will bake to-day, and seethe that ye
will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up to be kept
until the morning. And they laid it up till the morning, as
Moses bade; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm
therein. And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a
Sabbath unto the Lord:[66] to-day ye shall not find it in the
field. Six 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 none. And the Lord said unto
Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
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