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Exodus 16Previous Chapter | Next Chapter | Whole ChapterThe LORD Provides Meat12“

I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, `

At twilight you shall eat

meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and

you shall know that I am the Lord your God.'”13So it came about at evening that

the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning

there was a layer of dew around the camp.14

When the layer of dew

evaporated, behold, on the

surface of the wilderness

there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground.15When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “

What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “

It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.16“This is

what the Lord has commanded, `Gather of it every man

as much as he should eat; you shall take

an omer apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent.'”17The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little.18When they measured it with an omer,

he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered

as much as he should eat.19Moses said to them, “

Let no man leave any of it until morning.”20But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.21They gathered it morning by morning, every man

as much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt.The Sabbath Observed22

Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. When all the

leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,23then he said to them, “This is what the Lord

meant:

Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and

all that is left over

put aside to be kept until morning.”24So they

put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and

it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it.25Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field.