Exodus 16:16–30

¹⁶“This is ¹what Yahweh has commanded, ‘Gather of it every man ²as much as he should eat; you shall take an ^3aomer apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent.’”

¹⁷And the sons of Israel did so; some gathered much and some little.

¹⁸And they measured it with an ¹omer, and ^ahe who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered ²as much as he should eat.

¹⁹And Moses said to them, “^aLet no man leave any of it until morning.”

²⁰But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them.

²¹So they gathered it morning by morning, every man ¹as much as he should eat; but the sun would grow hot, and it would melt.

Yahweh Gives Bread for Two Days

^22aNow it happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. Then all the ^bleaders of the congregation came and told Moses.

²³And he said to them, “This is what Yahweh has spoken: ^aTomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to Yahweh. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and ^ball that is in excess ¹put aside to be kept until morning.”

²⁴So they ¹put it aside until morning, as Moses had commanded, and ^ait did not become foul nor was there any worm in it.

²⁵And Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to Yahweh; today you will not find it in the field.

²⁶“^aSix days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be ¹none.”

²⁷Now it happened on the seventh day, that some of the people went out to gather, but they found none.

²⁸Then Yahweh said to Moses, “^aHow long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My ¹laws?

²⁹“See, Yahweh has given you the sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.”

³⁰So the people rested on the seventh day.