Hebrew Bible: Exodus 16:2-15
The whole congregation
of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the
wilderness. The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand
of the Lord in the land
of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for you have
brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
Then the Lord said
to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people
shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will test them,
whether they will follow my instruction or not. On the sixth day, when
they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on
other days.” So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “In the
evening you shall know that it was the Lord who
brought you out of the land of Egypt, and in the morning you shall see the
glory of the Lord, because he
has heard your complaining against the Lord.
For what are we, that you complain against us?” And Moses said, “When
the Lord gives you meat
to eat in the evening and your fill of bread in the morning, because the Lord has heard the complaining that
you utter against him—what are we? Your complaining is not against us but
against the Lord.”
Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation
of the Israelites, ‘Draw near to the Lord,
for he has heard your complaining.’” And as Aaron spoke to the whole
congregation of the Israelites, they looked toward the wilderness, and the
glory of the Lord appeared
in the cloud. The Lord spoke
to Moses and said, “I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to
them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your
fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”
In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning
there was a layer of dew around the camp. When the layer of dew lifted,
there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as
frost on the ground. When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another,
“What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It
is the bread that the Lord has
given you to eat.
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