Exodus 16:16–30

¹⁶‘This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded: Gather of it each according to his eating, an omer for a poll; and the number of your persons, take ye each for those in his tent.’ ¹⁷And the sons of Israel do so, and they gather, he who is gathering much, and he who is gathering little; ¹⁸and they measure with an omer, and he who is gathering much hath nothing over, and he who is gathering little hath no lack, each according to his eating they have gathered. ¹⁹And Moses saith unto them, ‘Let no man leave of it till morning;’ ²⁰and they have not hearkened unto Moses, and some of them do leave of it till morning, and it bringeth up worms and stinketh; and Moses is wroth with them. ²¹And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun hath been warm, then it hath melted.

²²And it cometh to pass on the sixth day, they have gathered a second bread, two omers for one, and all the princes of the company come in, and declare to Moses. ²³And he saith unto them, ‘It is that which Jehovah hath spoken of; a rest—a holy sabbath to Jehovah—is to-morrow; that which ye bake, bake; and that which ye boil, boil; and all that is over, let rest for yourselves in charge till the morning.’ ²⁴And they let it rest until the morning, as Moses hath commanded, and it hath not stank, and a worm hath not been in it. ²⁵And Moses saith, ‘Eat it to-day, for to-day is a sabbath to Jehovah; to-day ye find it not in the field: ²⁶six days ye do gather it, and in the seventh day—the sabbath—in it there is none.’ ²⁷And it cometh to pass on the seventh day, some of the people have gone out to gather, and have not found. ²⁸And Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘How long have ye refused to keep My commands, and My laws? ²⁹see, because Jehovah hath given to you the sabbath, therefore He is giving to you on the sixth day bread of two days; abide ye each in his place, no one doth go out from his place on the seventh day.’ ³⁰And the people rest on the seventh day,