1以色列全體會眾從以琳出發，來到以琳和西奈中間的汛曠野，時值他們離開埃及後的第二個月的十五日。2以色列全體會眾在曠野向摩西和亞倫發怨言說：3「我們還不如當初在埃及就死在耶和華手中。在那裡，我們至少可以圍在肉鍋旁吃個飽。現在，你把我們帶到曠野來，是要叫全體會眾餓死在這裡嗎？」4耶和華對摩西說：「我要從天上降下食物給你們。百姓可以每天出去拾取他們當天所需的分量，這樣我就可以試驗他們是否遵行我的訓誨。5到第六天，他們要比平時多拾取一倍，好夠兩天的分量。」6摩西和亞倫對以色列百姓說：「今天晚上你們就知道把你們從埃及領出來的是耶和華。7明天早上，你們會看見祂的榮耀，因為祂聽見了你們向祂所發的怨言。我們算什麼，你們何必埋怨我們？8耶和華聽見你們發的怨言了，晚上祂必給你們肉吃，早晨再給你們餅吃。我們算什麼？你們埋怨的其實不是我們，而是耶和華。」9摩西對亞倫說：「你去叫以色列全體會眾到耶和華面前來，因為祂已聽見他們的怨言。」10亞倫對以色列全體會眾說話的時候，他們向曠野遠望，果然看見耶和華的榮光在雲彩中顯現。11耶和華對摩西說：12「我已經聽見以色列人的怨言。你告訴他們，『到了黃昏，你們就會有肉吃，早晨就會有餅可以吃飽，這樣你們就知道我是你們的上帝耶和華。』」13到了黃昏，果然有許多鵪鶉飛來，把營地都遮蓋了。到了早晨，營區四周的地上佈滿露水，14露水蒸發以後，曠野便出現一層薄薄的、像白霜的東西。15以色列人見了，不知道是何物，便彼此議論說：「這是什麼？」摩西對他們說：「這就是耶和華給你們的食物。16耶和華吩咐你們要按自己和家人的食量來拾取，每人約拾取兩升。」17於是，以色列人遵命而行，有些拾的多，有些拾的少。18後來，他們用俄梅珥*量的時候，就發現多拾的沒有剩餘，少拾的也沒有缺乏，剛好是每人所需要的量。19摩西又吩咐他們說：「你們所拾取的，不可留到早晨！」20可是，有的人不聽，留了一些。到第二天早上，食物已腐爛生蟲，發出惡臭，摩西就向他們發怒。21於是，百姓每天早晨出營拾取食物，各人按著所需分量拾取，到太陽升起後，食物就融化了。22到第六天，他們就拾取雙倍的分量，也就是每人四升。會眾的首領來稟告摩西，23摩西對他們說：「耶和華說，『明天是安息日，是向耶和華守的聖安息日。你們要把一切食物預備好，或烤或煮，吃剩的可以留到明天。』」24百姓就照摩西的吩咐，把吃剩的食物留到第二天早晨，食物沒有發臭生蟲。25摩西對他們說：「你們今天就吃這些吧，因為今天是耶和華的安息日，地上不會有食物讓你們拾取。26你們有六天可以拾取食物，但第七天是安息日，沒有食物可以拾取。」27到了第七天早晨，有些人仍然出去要拾取食物，結果什麼也找不到。28耶和華對摩西說：「你們到什麼時候才肯遵行我的誡命和吩咐呢？29要知道，耶和華已將安息日賜給你們，所以第六天我會賜你們雙倍的食物。第七天，人人都要留在營中，不許外出。」30於是，百姓在第七天休息。31以色列人稱這種食物為嗎哪，它形狀像芫荽的種子，白色，味道像用蜜糖製成的薄餅。32摩西說：「以下是耶和華的吩咐，『把兩升的嗎哪存留起來，直到世世代代，以便你們的子子孫孫可以看見上帝帶你們離開埃及時在曠野賜給你們的食物。』」33於是，摩西吩咐亞倫：「拿個罐子盛滿兩升的嗎哪，放在耶和華面前，留到世世代代。」34亞倫便照耶和華給摩西的吩咐，把嗎哪放在約櫃前保存起來。35以色列百姓就在曠野吃了四十年的嗎哪，直到他們到達有人煙的迦南為止。36一俄梅珥等於十分之一伊法。
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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