7. Tomorrow morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard you grumble against him. We are nothing, so 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, because he has heard you grumble against him. You are not grumbling against Aaron and me, because we are nothing; you are grumbling against the Lord.”
9. Then Moses said to Aaron, “Speak to the whole community of the Israelites, and say to them, ‘Meet together in the presence of the Lord, because he has heard your grumblings.’ ”
10. While Aaron was speaking to the whole community of the Israelites, they looked toward the desert. There the glory 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 it?” 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, 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, nor did the person who gathered less have too little. Each person gathered just as much as he needed.