2. But the whole congregation of Bnei-Yisrael murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.
3. Bnei-Yisrael said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of Adonai in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat, when we ate bread until we were full. But you have brought us into the wilderness, to kill this entire congregation with hunger.”
4. Then Adonai said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. The people will go out and gather a day’s portion every day, so that I can test them to find out whether they will walk according to My Torah or not.
5. So on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather day by day.”
6. So Moses and Aaron said to all Bnei-Yisrael, “In the evening you will know that Adonai has brought you out from the land of Egypt,
7. and in the morning, then you will see the glory of Adonai. For He heard your complaining against Him. What are we? You complain against us?”
8. Then Moses said, “Adonai will give you meat to eat in the evening and enough bread to fill you in the morning, since Adonai hears your complaints that you mutter against Him, what are we? Your complaining is not against us, but against Adonai!”
9. Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of Bnei-Yisrael, ‘Come near before Adonai, because He has heard your complaining.’”
10. Then, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of Bnei-Yisrael, they looked toward the wilderness, and the glory of Adonai appeared in the cloud.
11. Adonai spoke to Moses saying,
12. “I have heard the complaining of Bnei-Yisrael. Speak to them saying, ‘At dusk you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am Adonai your God.’”
13. So when evening fell, quails came up and covered the camp. Moreover, in the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp.
14. When the layer of dew was gone, on the surface of the desert was a thin, flake-like frost, as fine as the frost on the ground.
15. When Bnei-Yisrael saw it, they said one to another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Then Moses said to them, “It is the bread that Adonai has given you to eat.
16. This is the word that Adonai has commanded. Every man is to gather according to his needs, an omer per person, according to the number of people per household. Each man is to take it for those who are in his tent.”
17. Bnei-Yisrael did so, and some gathered more, some less.
18. When they measured it with an omer, those who gathered more had nothing left over, and those that gathered less did not lack at all. Every man gathered according to his appetite.
19. Also Moses said to them, “Let no one save any of it until the morning.”