1And they took 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 . 2And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness : 3And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt , when we sat by the flesh 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 hunger . 4Then 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. 5And 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 . 6And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel , At even , then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt : 7And in the morning , then ye shall see the glory of the LORD ; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD : and what are we , that ye murmur against us? 8And 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 against us, but against the LORD . 9And Moses spake unto Aaron , Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel , Come near before the LORD : for he hath heard your murmurings . 10And 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 appeared in the cloud . 11And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , 12I 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 . 13And 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 . 14And 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 . 15And 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 .
Instructions for Gathering Manna
16This 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 . 17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered , some more , some less . 18And 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 . 19And Moses said , Let no man leave of it till the morning . 20Notwithstanding 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. 21And they gathered it every morning , every man according to his eating : and when the sun waxed hot , it melted . 22And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread , two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses . 23And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said , 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 for you to be kept until the morning . 24And they laid it up till the morning , as Moses bade : and it did not stink , neither was there any worm therein. 25And Moses said , Eat that to day ; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD : to day ye shall not find it in the field . 26Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day , which is the sabbath , in it there shall be none. 27And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather , and they found none. 28And the LORD said unto Moses , How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws ? 29See , for that the LORD hath given 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 . 30So the people rested on the seventh day .
The Test of Obedience
31And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna : and it was like coriander seed , white ; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey . 32And Moses said , This is the thing which the LORD commandeth , 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 . 33And Moses said unto Aaron , Take a pot , and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD , to be kept for your generations . 34As the LORD commanded Moses , so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony , to be kept . 35And the children of Israel did 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 . 36Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah .