Exod 16
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And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of
Israel came to 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.
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And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against
Aaron in the wilderness:
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and the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of YHWH
in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we did eat bread to the
full; for you have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly
with hunger.
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Then said YHWH to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people
shall go out and gather a day`s portion every day, that I may prove them, whether
they will walk in my law, or not.
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And 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.
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And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, At even, then you shall know
that YHWH has brought you out from the land of Egypt;
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and in the morning, then you shall see the glory of YHWH; for that he hears your murmurings
against YHWH: and what are we, that you murmur against us?
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And Moses said, [This shall be], when YHWH shall give you in the evening flesh to
eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that YHWH hears your murmurings which
you murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against
YHWH.
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And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come
near before YHWH; for he has heard your murmurings.
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And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel,
that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of YHWH appeared in
the cloud.
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And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,
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I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, At even
you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread: and you shall
know that I am YHWH your God.
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And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in
the morning the dew lay round about the camp.
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And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small
round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.
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And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? For
they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which YHWH has
given you to eat.
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This is the thing which YHWH has commanded, Gather you of it every man according to
his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, shall you take
it, every man for them that are in his tent.
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And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
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And 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.
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And Moses said to them, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
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Notwithstanding they hearkened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the
morning, and it bred worms, and became foul: and Moses was wroth with them.
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And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when
the sun waxed hot, it melted.
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And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two
omers for each one: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
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And he said to them, This is that which YHWH has spoken, Tomorrow is a solemn rest,
a holy sabbath to YHWH: bake that which you will bake, and boil that which you will
boil; and all that remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
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And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not become foul, neither
was there any worm therein.
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And Moses said, Eat that to-day; for to-day is a sabbath to YHWH: to-day you shall
not find it in the field.
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Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day is the sabbath, in it there shall
be none.
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And it came to pass on the seventh day, that there went out some of the people to
gather, and they found none.
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And YHWH said to Moses, How long refuse you to keep my commandments and my laws?
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See, for that YHWH has given you the sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth
day the bread of two days; abide you every man in his place, let no man go out of
his place on the seventh day.
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So the people rested on the seventh day.
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And the house of Israel called its name Manna: and it was like coriander seed,
white; and the taste of it was like wafers [made] with honey.
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And Moses said, This is the thing which YHWH has commanded, Let an omerful of it be
kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you
in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
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And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay
it up before YHWH, to be kept throughout your generations.
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As YHWH commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
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And the children of Israel did eat the manna forty years, until they came to a land
inhabited; they did eat the manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.
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Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.