Exodus 16:16–30

¹⁶This is the word that Yahweh commanded, ‘Gather from it, each according to what he can eat,^t an omer per person^u according to the number of you.^v You each shall take enough for whoever is in his tent.’ ”

¹⁷And the Israelites^w did so, and they gathered, some more and some less. ¹⁸And when they measured with the omer, the one gathering more had no surplus, and the one gathering less had no lack; they gathered each according to what he could eat.^{x 19}And Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it until morning.” ²⁰But they did not listen to Moses. Some people^y left some of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them. ²¹And they gathered it morning by morning, each according to what he could eat,^z and it melted when the sun was hot.^a

²²And when it was the sixth day, they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one person, and all the leaders of the community came and told Moses. ²³And he said to them, “This is what Yahweh has said. Tomorrow is a rest period, a holy Sabbath for Yahweh. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Put aside all the surplus for yourselves for safekeeping until the morning.” ²⁴And they put it aside until the morning, as Moses had commanded, and it did not make a stench, and not a maggot was in it. ²⁵And Moses said, “Eat it today, because today is a Sabbath for Yahweh. Today you will not find it in the field. ²⁶Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be present on it.”

²⁷And on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, and they did not find any. ²⁸And Yahweh said to Moses, “How long do you^b refuse to keep my commands and my laws? ²⁹See, because Yahweh has given to you the Sabbath, therefore he is giving to you on the sixth day bread for two days. Stay, each in his location;^c let no one go from his place on the seventh day.” ³⁰And the people rested on the seventh day.