27. On the seventh day some people went out to gather food, but they didn’t find any.
28. The Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to do what I have commanded and instructed you to do?
29. Remember: The Lord has given you this day of worship. That’s why he gives you enough food on the sixth day for two days. On the seventh day you may not leave. Everyone, stay where you are.”
30. So the people never worked on the seventh day of the week.
31. The Israelites called the food manna. It was like coriander seeds. It was white and tasted like wafers made with honey.
32. Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: Take two quarts of manna to be kept for your descendants. This way they will see the food that I gave you to eat in the desert when I brought you out of Egypt.”
33. Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, put two quarts of manna in it, and put it in the Lord’s presence to be kept for your descendants.”
34. Aaron put the jar of manna in front of the words of God’s promise to be kept there, as the Lord commanded Moses.
35. The Israelites ate manna for 40 years until they came to a place to settle. They ate manna until they came to the border of Canaan.
36. (Now, the standard dry measure at that time held 20 quarts.)