Exodus
16:2-15
(2) And the whole congregation of
the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness,
(3) and
the people of Israel said to them, "Would that we had died by the hand of
the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to
the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole
assembly with hunger."
(4) Then the LORD said to Moses,
"Behold, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people
shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them,
whether they will walk in my law or not.
(5)
On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring
in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily."
(6) So Moses and Aaron said to all
the people of Israel, "At evening you shall know that it was the LORD who
brought you out of the land of Egypt,
(7) and
in the morning you shall see the glory of the LORD, because he has heard your
grumbling against the LORD. For what are we, that you grumble against us?"
(8) And Moses said, "When the
LORD gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full,
because the LORD has heard your grumbling that you
grumble against him--what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against
the LORD."
(9) Then Moses said to Aaron,
"Say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, 'Come near before
the LORD, for he has heard your grumbling.'"
(10) And as soon as Aaron spoke to
the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they looked toward the
wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.
(11) And the LORD said to Moses,
(12) "I have heard the
grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, 'At twilight you shall eat
meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know
that I am the LORD your God.'"
(13) In the evening quail came up
and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp.
(14) And when the dew had gone up,
there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost
on the ground.
(15) When the people 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 that the LORD has given you to eat.