Exodus 16:16–30

¹⁶This is the word that the Lord hath commanded: Let every one gather of it as much as is enough to eat; a gomor for every man, according to the number of your souls that dwell in a tent, so shall you take of it.

¹⁷And the children of Israel did so: and they gathered, one more, another less.

¹⁸And they measured by the measure of a gomor: neither had he more that had gathered more; nor did he find less that had provided less: but every one had gathered, according to what they were able to eat.

¹⁹And Moses said to them: Let no man leave thereof till the morning.

²⁰And they hearkened not to him, but some of them left until the morning, and it began to be full of worms, and it putrefied, and Moses was angry with them.

²¹Now every one of them gathered in the morning, as much as might suffice to eat: and after the sun grew hot, it melted.

²²But on the sixth day they gathered twice as much, that is, two gomors every man: and all the rulers of the multitude came, and told Moses.

²³And he said to them: This is what the Lord hath spoken: To morrow is the rest of the sabbath sanctified to the Lord. Whatsoever work is to be done, do it; and the meats that are to be dressed, dress them; and whatsoever shall remain, lay it up until the morning.

²⁴And they did so as Moses had commanded, and it did not putrefy, neither was there worm found in it.

²⁵And Moses said: Eat it to day, because it is the sabbath of the Lord: to day it shall not be found in the field.

²⁶Gather it six days; but on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord, therefore it shall not be found.

²⁷And the seventh day came; and some of the people going forth to gather, found none.

²⁸And the Lord said to Moses: How long will you refuse to keep my commandments, and my law?

²⁹See that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, and for this reason on the sixth day he giveth you a double provision: let each man stay at home, and let none go forth out of his place the seventh day.

³⁰And the people kept the sabbath on the seventh day.