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, nor did the person who gathered less 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 and kept part of it to eat the next morning. It became full of worms and began to stink, so Moses was angry with those 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—four quarts for every person. When all the leaders of the community came and told this to Moses,
23. he said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded, because tomorrow is the Sabbath, the Lord’s holy day of rest. Bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil today. Save the rest of the food until tomorrow morning.”