Exodus 16:1–7

The Lord Provides Manna

¹Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of ^aSin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on ^bthe fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.

²The whole congregation of the sons of Israel ^agrumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

³The sons of Israel said to them, “^aWould that we had died by the Lord’s hand in the land of Egypt, ^bwhen we sat by the pots of ¹meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

⁴Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, ^aI will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may ^btest them, whether or not they will walk in My ¹instruction.

⁵“^aOn the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily.”

⁶So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, “At evening ^1ayou will know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt;

⁷and in the morning ¹you will see ^athe glory of the Lord, for ^bHe hears your grumblings against the Lord; and ^cwhat are we, that you grumble against us?”