1Fra Elim rejste israelitterne ind i Sins ørken, området mellem Elim og Sinai. De kom dertil en måned efter, at de havde forladt Egypten.2Igen beklagede hele folket sig bittert til Moses og Aron.3„Gid vi dog var blevet i Egypten!” jamrede de. „Der havde vi både kød og brød og kunne spise os mætte. Det var bedre, om Herren havde ladet os dø der. Men nu har I bragt os ud i den her ørken, hvor vi er ved at dø af sult.”4Endvidere sagde Herren: „Jeg vil lade mad falde ned fra himlen som regn. Folket kan så hver dag gå ud og samle så meget, de har behov for til den dag. Jeg vil sætte dem på prøve for at se, om de vil følge mine befalinger.5Sig til dem, at de skal samle en dobbelt portion på ugens sjette dag.”6Moses fortalte det til Aron, som derefter sagde til folket: „I aften skal I få at se, at det var Herren, som førte jer ud af Egypten.7Og i morgen skal I få mere af hans herlighed at se, for han har hørt jeres klage. Det er jo ham, I beklager jer over for, ikke os!”8Moses fortsatte: „I aften vil Herren give jer kød at spise, og i morgen vil han give jer brød. Og husk på, at når I beklager jer, er det ikke mod os, men mod Herren selv. Vi er jo kun hans talerør.”9Da* sagde Moses til Aron: „Sig til folket, at de skal komme frem for Herren, for han har hørt deres beklagelser.”10Mens Aron talte til israelitterne, skete der noget ude i ørkenen. Alle vendte sig og kiggede derhen, og nu så de Herrens herlighed vise sig i skysøjlen, som plejede at lede dem.11Da talte Herren til Moses:12„Jeg har hørt israelitternes klager. Sig til dem: ‚I aften skal I få kød at spise, og i morgen tidlig skal I spise jer mætte i brød. Da skal I indse, at jeg er Herren, jeres Gud.’ ”13Samme aften kom en stor flok vagtler flyvende, og de faldt i et tykt lag over hele lejren. Og næste morgen lå duggen tæt rundt om lejren.14Da duggen forsvandt, var ørkenen dækket af tynde flager, noget, der lignede rimfrost.15Da israelitterne så det, sagde de til hinanden: „Hvad er det?”* De vidste jo ikke, hvad det var. „Det er det brød, som Herren har givet jer at spise,” svarede Moses.16„Herren har befalet, at enhver af jer skal samle så meget, der er brug for i jeres familie—omkring to liter* til hver person.”17Israelitterne gjorde nu, som Moses havde sagt, og nogle samlede meget, andre mindre.18Da de bagefter målte, hvad de havde samlet, viste det sig, at de, der havde samlet meget, ikke havde for meget, og de, der havde samlet mindre, havde ikke for lidt. Alle fik, hvad de havde brug for.19„I må ikke gemme noget af det fra den ene dag til den anden,” sagde Moses til dem.20Der var dog nogle, som ikke rettede sig efter Moses, og de gemte noget af det til næste morgen. Men om morgenen var det fuldt af orme og lugtede grimt. Da blev Moses vred på dem.21De følgende morgener samlede hver familie så meget, de havde behov for. Når solen begyndte at brænde, smeltede det, som endnu lå på jorden.22Den sjette dags morgen var der dobbelt så meget som de andre morgener—fire liter til hver i stedet for to. Da kom folkets ledere til Moses og spurgte ham, hvordan det kunne være.23Moses svarede: „Fordi Herren har befalet, at i morgen skal være en hviledag, en hellig sabbatsdag, indviet til Gud. Bag og kog derfor så meget I vil i dag, og gem resten til i morgen.”24Og næste morgen viste det sig, at maden ikke fejlede noget. Den lugtede ikke, og der var ikke gået orm i.25Da sagde Moses: „Det er den mad, I skal spise i dag, for i dag er det sabbat for Herren. Der bliver ikke noget at samle ind i dag.26I seks dage kan I samle mad, men den syvende dag er sabbat, og derfor er der intet at finde.”27Nogle af dem gik alligevel ud for at samle, selv om det var sabbat. Men de fandt ikke noget.28„Hvor længe vil mit folk nægte at adlyde mine befalinger og instruktioner?” spurgte Herren Moses.29„Forstår de ikke, at jeg har givet dem den syvende dag som en hviledag? Det er jo derfor, jeg giver jer dobbelt så meget mad på den sjette dag, så der er nok til to dage. Om sabbatten skal I blive hjemme i lejren og ikke gå ud for at samle mad.”30Så hvilede folket på den syvende dag.31Israelitterne kaldte flagerne for „manna”.* De var hvide, på størrelse med korianderfrø og smagte som honningkager.32Derpå sagde Moses: „Herren har påbudt, at vi skal tage to liter af denne manna og gemme det som et dyrebart minde om, hvordan han sørgede for os. På den måde vil kommende generationer kunne se, hvad det var for noget brød, Herren gav os at spise i ørkenen, efter at han havde ført os ud af Egypten.”33Derpå sagde Moses til Aron: „Få fat i en krukke, hæld to liter manna i den og opbevar den for Herrens ansigt som et minde for kommende generationer.”34Aron gjorde, hvad Herren havde pålagt Moses, og krukken blev senere anbragt i pagtens ark foran stentavlerne.35I 40 år spiste Israels folk manna—lige indtil de bosatte sig i Kana’ans land, hvor der var afgrøder at spise.*
English Standard Version
Bread from Heaven
1They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt.2And the whole congregation of the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness,3and the people of Israel said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots and 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, I am about to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.5On 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 people of Israel, “At evening you shall know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt,7and in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against the Lord. For what are we, that you grumble against us?”8And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him—what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord.”9Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, ‘Come near before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’”10And as soon as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud.11And the Lord said to Moses,12“I have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”13In the evening quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning dew lay around the camp.14And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground.15When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?”* For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.16This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer,* according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’”17And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less.18But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat.19And Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over till the morning.”20But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it till the morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.21Morning by morning they gathered it, each as much as he could eat; but when the sun grew hot, it melted.22On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers each. And when all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,23he said to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord; bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over lay aside to be kept till the morning.’”24So they laid it aside till the morning, as Moses commanded them, and it did not stink, and there were no worms in it.25Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field.26Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will be none.”27On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none.28And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?29See! The Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Remain each of you in his place; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day.”30So the people rested on the seventh day.31Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.32Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”33And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord to be kept throughout your generations.”34As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the testimony to be kept.35The people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They ate the manna till they came to the border of the land of Canaan.36(An omer is the tenth part of an ephah.)*
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