for you have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill
this whole assembly with hunger."
016:004 Then said Yahweh 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.
016:005 It 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."
016:006 Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, "At evening,
then you shall know that Yahweh has brought you out from
the land of Egypt;
016:007 and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of Yahweh;
because he hears your murmurings against Yahweh.
Who are we, that you murmur against us?"
016:008 Moses said, "Now Yahweh shall give you meat to eat in the evening,
and in the morning bread to satisfy you; because Yahweh hears
your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we?
Your murmurings are not against us, but against Yahweh."
016:009 Moses said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of the
children of Israel, 'Come near before Yahweh, for he has
heard your murmurings.'"
016:010 It happened, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the
children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness,
and behold, the glory of Yahweh appeared in the cloud.
016:011 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
016:012 "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:
and you shall know that I am Yahweh your God.'"
016:013 It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp;
and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
016:014 When 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.
016:015 When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another,
"What is it?" For they didn't know what it was.
Moses said to them, "It is the bread which Yahweh has given
you to eat."
016:016 This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded:
"Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head,
according to the number of your persons, shall you take it,
every man for those who are in his tent."
016:017 The children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
016:018 When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much
had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack.
They gathered every man according to his eating.
016:019 Moses said to them, "Let no one leave of it until the morning."
016:020 Notwithstanding they didn't listen to Moses, but some of them left
of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: