4. Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you. The people are to go out each day and gather enough for that day. This way I will test them to see whether or not they will follow My instructions.
5. On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on other days.”
6. So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites: “This evening you will know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt;
7. in the morning you will see the Lord’s glory because He has heard your complaints about Him. For who are we that you complain about us? ”
8. Moses continued, “The Lord will give you meat to eat this evening and more than enough bread in the morning, for He has heard the complaints that you are raising against Him. Who are we? Your complaints are not against us but against the Lord.”
9. Then Moses told Aaron, “Say to the entire Israelite community, ‘Come before the Lord, for He has heard your complaints.’ ”
10. As Aaron was speaking to the entire Israelite community, they turned toward the wilderness, and there in a cloud the Lord’s glory appeared.
11. The Lord spoke to Moses,
12. “I have heard the complaints of the Israelites. Tell them: At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will eat bread until you are full. Then you will know that I am Yahweh your God.”
13. So at evening quail came and covered the camp. In the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp.
14. When the layer of dew evaporated, there were fine flakes on the desert surface, as fine as frost on the ground.
15. When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it? ” because they didn’t know what it was.Moses told them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.