Sending quails and manna
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Ex 16:12: I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
Ex 16:13: And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
Ex 16:14: And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
Ex 16:15: And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
Ex 16:16: This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents.
Ex 16:17: And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
Ex 16:18: And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
Ex 16:19: And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
Ex 16:20: Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
Ex 16:21: And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
Ex 16:22: And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Ex 16:23: And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
Ex 16:24: And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.
Ex 16:25: And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
Ex 16:26: Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
Ex 16:27: And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.
Ex 16:28: And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
Ex 16:29: See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
Ex 16:30: So the people rested on the seventh day.
Ex 16:31: And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.