6. So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites: “This evening you will know that the Lord is the one who brought you out of Egypt.
7. Tomorrow morning you will see the greatness of the Lord. He has heard you grumble against him. We are nothing. You are not grumbling against us, but against the Lord.”
8. And Moses said, “Each evening the Lord will give you meat to eat. And every morning he will give you all the bread you want. He will do this because he has heard you grumble against him. You are not grumbling against Aaron and me. You are grumbling against the Lord.”
9. Then Moses said to Aaron, “Speak to the whole community of the Israelites. Say to them, ‘Meet together in front of the Lord because he has heard your grumblings.’”
10. So Aaron spoke to the whole community of the Israelites. While he was speaking, they looked toward the desert. There the greatness of the Lord appeared in a cloud.
11. The Lord said to Moses,
12. “I have heard the grumblings of the people of Israel. So tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat. And every morning you will eat all the bread you want. Then you will know I am the Lord, your God.’”
13. That evening, quail came and covered the camp. And in the morning dew lay around the camp.
14. When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost were on the desert ground.
15. When the Israelites saw it, they asked each other, “What is that?” They asked this question because they did not know what it was.So Moses told them, “This is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.
16. The Lord has commanded, ‘Each one of you must gather what he needs. Gather about two quarts for every person in your family.’”
17. So the people of Israel did this. Some people gathered much, and some gathered little.
18. Then they measured it. The person who gathered more did not have too much. The person who gathered less did not have too little. Each person gathered just as much as he needed.
19. Moses said to them, “Don’t keep any of it to eat the next day.”
20. But some of the people did not listen to Moses. They kept part of it to eat the next morning. But it became full of worms and began to stink. So Moses was angry with these people.
21. Every morning each person gathered as much food as he needed. But when the sun became hot, it melted away.
22. On the sixth day the people gathered twice as much food. They gathered four quarts for every person. So all the leaders of the community came and told this to Moses.