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And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
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I have heard the murmurings of the sons of Israel; speak unto them, saying, Between the two evenings ye shall eat flesh, and tomorrow ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I
am the LORD your God.
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And it came to pass, that in the evening quail came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew descended round about the host.
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And when the dew ceased to descend, behold, upon the face of the wilderness
there lay a small round thing
as small as the hoar frost on the ground.
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And when the sons of Israel saw
it, they said one to another, It
is manna
(What is it?): for they did not know what it
was. Then Moses said unto them, This
is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
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This
is the thing which the LORD has commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for each one,
according to the number of your persons; take ye each one for
those who
are in his tent.
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And the sons of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less.
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And when they did measure
it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered each one according to his eating.
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And Moses said, Let no one leave of it until the morning.
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Notwithstanding they did not hearken unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms and stank; and Moses was angry with them.
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And they gathered it early in the morning, each one according to his eating; and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
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And it came to pass
that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the princes of the congregation came and told Moses.
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And he said unto them, This
is what the LORD has said, Tomorrow
is the holy sabbath of rest unto the LORD; bake
that which ye will bake
today and cook what ye will cook; and that which remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
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And they laid it up until the morning as Moses bade; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm in it.
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And Moses said, Eat that today; for today
is a sabbath unto the LORD; today ye shall not find it in the field.
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Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day,
which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
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And it came to pass that
some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, and they found none.
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And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
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See that the LORD has given you the sabbath; therefore, he gives you the bread of two days on the sixth day; abide ye every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
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So the people rested on the seventh day.
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And the house of Israel called its name Manna; and it
was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it
was like wafers
made with honey.