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.
26. Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none.”
27. It happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found nothing.
28. Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions?