Exodus 16:16-35

¹⁶And these are GOD''s instructions: "Gather enough for each person, about two quarts per person; gather enough for everyone in your tent.''"

¹⁷The People of Israel went to work and started gathering, some more, some less,

¹⁸but when they measured out what they had gathered, those who gathered more had no extra and those who gathered less weren''t short--each person had gathered as much as was needed.b

¹⁹Moses said to them, "Don''t leave any of it until morning."

²⁰But they didn''t listen to Moses. A few of the men kept back some of it until morning. It got wormy and smelled bad. And Moses lost his temper with them.

²¹They gathered it every morning, each person according to need. Then the sun heated up and it melted.

²²On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, about four quarts per person. Then the leaders of the company came to Moses and reported.

²³Moses said, "This is what GOD was talking about: Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to GOD. Whatever you plan to bake, bake today; and whatever you plan to boil, boil today. Then set aside the leftovers until morning."

²⁴They set aside what was left until morning, as Moses had commanded. It didn''t smell bad and there were no worms in it.

²⁵Moses said, "Now eat it; this is the day, a Sabbath for GOD. You won''t find any of it on the ground today.

²⁶Gather it every day for six days, but the seventh day is Sabbath; there won''t be any of it on the ground."

²⁷On the seventh day, some of the people went out to gather anyway but they didn''t find anything.

²⁸GOD said to Moses, "How long are you going to disobey my commands and not follow my instructions?

²⁹Don''t you see that GOD has given you the Sabbath? So on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. So, each of you, stay home. Don''t leave home on the seventh day."

³⁰So the people quit working on the seventh day.

³¹The Israelites named it manna (What is it?). It looked like coriander seed, whitish. And it tasted like a cracker with honey.

³²Moses said, "This is GOD''s command: "Keep a two-quart jar of it, an omer, for future generations so they can see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness after I brought you out of Egypt.''"

³³Moses told Aaron, "Take a jar and fill it with two quarts of manna. Place it before GOD, keeping it safe for future generations."

³⁴Aaron did what GOD commanded Moses. He set it aside before The Testimony to preserve it.

³⁵The Israelites ate the manna for forty years until they arrived at the land where they would settle down. They ate manna until they reached the border into Canaan.