16. “Now, this is what the Lord has commanded. Gather as much of it as each needs to eat, an omer for each person for as many of you as there are, each of you providing for those in your own tent.”
17. The Israelites did so. Some gathered a large and some a small amount.
18. But when they measured it out by the omer, the one who had gathered a large amount did not have too much, and the one who had gathered a small amount did not have too little. They gathered as much as each needed to eat.
19. Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over until morning.”
20. But they did not listen to Moses, and some kept a part of it over until morning, and it became wormy and stank. Therefore Moses was angry with them.
21. Morning after morning they gathered it, as much as each needed to eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted away.
22. On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, two omers for each person. When all the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses,
23. he told them, “That is what the Lord has prescribed. Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy sabbath of the Lord. Whatever you want to bake, bake; whatever you want to boil, boil; but whatever is left put away and keep until the morning.”
24. When they put it away until the morning, as Moses commanded, it did not stink nor were there worms in it.
25. Moses then said, “Eat it today, for today is the sabbath of the Lord. Today you will not find any in the field.