And theytooktheirjourneyfromElim, and all the congregation of the children of Israelcameunto the wilderness of Sin, which is betweenElim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the secondmonthaftertheirdeparting out of the land of Egypt.
And the children of Israelsaiduntothem, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye havebrought us forthintothiswilderness, to killthiswholeassemblywithhunger.
Thensaid the LORDuntoMoses, Behold, I willrainbreadfromheaven for you; and the peopleshall go out and gather a certainrateevery day, that I may provethem, whethertheywillwalk in my law, or no.
And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he hearethyourmurmuringsagainst the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmuragainst us?
And Mosessaid, Thisshall be, when the LORDshallgive you in the eveningflesh to eat, and in the morningbread to the full; for that the LORDhearethyourmurmuringswhich ye murmuragainst him: and what are we? yourmurmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
And it came to pass, as Aaronspakeunto the wholecongregation of the children of Israel, thattheylookedtoward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORDappeared in the cloud.
I haveheard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speakuntothem, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filledwithbread; and ye shallknowthat I am the LORDyour God.
And when the children of Israel saw it, theysaid one to another, It is manna: for theywist not what it was. And Mosessaiduntothem, This is the breadwhich the LORDhathgiven you to eat.
This is the thingwhich the LORDhathcommanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of yourpersons; take ye every man for themwhich are in his tents.
And whenthey did mete it with an omer, he thatgatheredmuch had nothingover, and he thatgatheredlittle had no lack; theygatheredevery man according to his eating.
And it came to pass, that on the sixth day theygatheredtwice as muchbread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregationcame and toldMoses.
And he saiduntothem, This is thatwhich the LORDhathsaid, To morrow is the rest of the holysabbathunto the LORD: bakethatwhich ye willbake to day, and seethethat ye willseethe; and thatwhichremainethover lay up for you to be keptuntil the morning.
See, for that the LORDhathgiven you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
And Mosessaid, This is the thingwhich the LORDcommandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for yourgenerations; thatthey may see the breadwherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forthfrom the land of Egypt.
And the children of Israel did eat mannafortyyears, untiltheycame to a landinhabited; they did eat manna, untiltheycameunto the borders of the land of Canaan.