10. So as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and indeed, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.
11. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
12. “I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘In the evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ ”
13. So in the evening the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew was surrounding the camp.
14. When the layer of dew evaporated, on the surface of the wilderness there lay a small flaky thing, as fine as the frost on the ground.
15. When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.And Moses said to them, “This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.
16. This is what the Lord has commanded, ‘Every man is to gather of it according to what he will eat, an omer for every man, according to the number of your people. Every man should take for them for whoever lives in his tent.’ ”
17. The children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
18. When they measured it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing left over, and he that gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according what he could eat.
19. Moses said to them, “Let no man leave any of it until the morning.”
20. However, they did not listen to Moses, and some of them left part of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank, and Moses was angry with them.
21. So they gathered it every morning, every man according to what he could eat. And when the sun got hot, it melted.
22. Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers per man, and then all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses.
23. He said to them, “This is what the Lord has said, ‘Tomorrow is the Sabbath, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake that which you will bake today, and boil that you will boil, and all that which remains over lay up for yourselves to be kept until the morning.’ ”
24. So they laid it up until the morning, just as Moses commanded, and it did not stink, nor was there any worm in it.
25. Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord. Today you will not find it in the field.