1 Toe hulle van Elim af wegtrek, het die hele vergadering van die kinders van Israel in die woestyn Sin gekom, wat tussen Elim en Sinai lê, op die vyftiende dag van die tweede maand n hulle uittog uit Egipteland.
2 En die hele vergadering van die kinders van Israel het teen Moses en teen A„ron in die woestyn gemurmureer.
3 En die kinders van Israel het aan hulle gesê: Het ons maar in Egipteland deur die hand van die HERE gesterwe toe ons by die vleispotte gesit en volop brood geëet het! Want julle het ons in hierdie woestyn uitgelei om hierdie hele vergadering van honger te laat sterwe.
4 Toe sê die HERE vir Moses: Kyk, Ek sal vir julle brood uit die hemel laat reën; dan kan die volk uitgaan en die dagmaat van elke dag insamel, sodat Ek hulle kan beproef, of hulle in my wet sal wandel of nie.
5 En op die sesde dag, as hulle berei wat hulle inbring, sal dit dubbel soveel wees as wat hulle daagliks insamel.
6 Toe sê Moses en A„ron aan al die kinders van Israel: Vanaand, dan sal julle weet dat die HERE julle uit Egipteland uitgelei het.
7 En môre vroeg, dan sal julle die heerlikheid van die HERE sien, omdat Hy julle murmureringe teen die HERE gehoor het -- want wat is ons, dat julle teen ons murmureer?
8 Daarop sê Moses: D¡t sal gebeur as die HERE julle in die aand vleis gee om te eet en in die môre volop brood, omdat die HERE julle murmureringe hoor wat julle teen Hom murmureer. Want wat is ons? Julle murmureringe is nie teen ons nie, maar teen die HERE.
9 Verder het Moses met A„ron gespreek: Sê aan die hele vergadering van die kinders van Israel: Kom nader voor die aangesig van die HERE, want Hy het julle murmureringe gehoor.
10 En onderwyl A„ron die hele vergadering van die kinders van Israel toespreek, draai hulle na die woestyn toe en meteens verskyn die heerlikheid van die HERE in die wolk.
11 Ook het die HERE met Moses gespreek en gesê:
12 Ek het die murmureringe van die kinders van Israel gehoor; spreek met hulle en sê: Teen die aand sal julle vleis eet en in die môre met brood versadig word; en julle sal weet dat Ek die HERE julle God is.
13 En in die aand het daar kwartels opgekom en die laer oordek. En in die môre was daar 'n doulaag rondom die laer.
14 En nadat die doulaag opgetrek het, het daar oor die woestyn iets gelê wat fyn en korrelrig was, fyn soos ryp op die grond.
15 Toe die kinders van Israel dit sien, sê hulle vir mekaar: Wat is dit? Want hulle het nie geweet wat dit was nie. Daarop sê Moses vir hulle: Dit is die brood wat die HERE julle gee om te eet.
16 Dit is die saak wat die HERE beveel het: Samel daarvan in, elkeen na sy behoefte: 'n gomer vir elke persoon volgens julle sieletal; elkeen moet dit neem vir die wat in sy tent is.
17 En die kinders van Israel het so gedoen: hulle het ingesamel, die een baie en die ander min.
18 Maar toe hulle dit met die gomer meet, het hy wat baie ingesamel het, niks oorgehad nie; en hy wat min ingesamel het, nie te min nie. Elkeen na sy behoefte het hulle ingesamel.
19 En Moses het vir hulle gesê: Niemand moet daarvan laat oorbly tot môre toe nie.
20 Maar hulle het nie na Moses geluister nie: sommige het daarvan laat oorbly tot die môre toe. Toe kom daar wurms in en dit bederwe. Daarom het Moses baie kwaad geword vir hulle.
21 En hulle het dit môre vir môre ingesamel, elkeen na sy behoefte; en as die son warm word, smelt dit weg.
22 En op die sesde dag het hulle 'n dubbele porsie brood ingesamel, twee gomers vir elkeen. En al die owerstes van die vergadering het gekom en dit aan Moses vertel.
23 Toe sê hy vir hulle: Dit is wat die HERE gespreek het: M"re is dit rusdag, 'n heilige sabbat van die HERE. Wat julle wil bak, bak dit; en wat julle wil kook, kook dit; en bêre vir julle alles wat oor is, om dit te bewaar tot die môre toe.
24 En hulle het dit gebêre tot die môre toe, soos Moses beveel het; en dit het nie bederwe nie, en daar het geen wurms in gekom nie.
25 Toe sê Moses: Eet dit vandag, want dit is vandag die sabbat van die HERE. Vandag sal julle dit nie in die veld kry nie.
26 Ses dae lank moet julle dit insamel, maar op die sewende dag is dit sabbat; dan sal dit daar nie wees nie.
27 En op die sewende dag het van die mense uitgegaan om in te samel, maar hulle het niks gekry nie.
28 Toe sê die HERE vir Moses: Hoe lank weier julle om my gebooie en my wette te onderhou?
29 Kyk, omdat die HERE julle die sabbat gegee het, daarom gee Hy julle op die sesde dag brood vir twee dae. Laat elkeen bly waar hy is; laat niemand op die sewende dag van sy woonplek af weggaan nie.
30 So het die volk dan op die sewende dag gerus.
31 En die huis van Israel het dit MAN genoem. En dit was wit soos koljandersaad, en dit het gesmaak soos heuningkoek.
32 Verder het Moses gesê: Dit is die saak wat die HERE beveel het: 'n Gomer vol moet daarvan bewaar word vir julle geslagte, dat hulle die brood kan sien wat Ek julle in die woestyn laat eet het, toe Ek julle uit Egipteland uitgelei het.
33 Moses sê toe vir A„ron: Neem 'n kruik en gooi 'n gomer vol manna daarin, en sit dit voor die aangesig van die HERE neer, om dit vir julle geslagte te bewaar.
34 Soos die HERE Moses beveel het, so het A„ron dit voor die Getuienis neergesit om bewaar te word.
35 En die kinders van Israel het die manna veertig jaar lank geëet totdat hulle in 'n bewoonde land gekom het. Die manna het hulle geëet totdat hulle by die grens van die land Kana„n gekom het.
36 En 'n gomer is die tiende van 'n efa.
1 And they went on their way from Elim, and all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they went out of the land of Egypt.
2 And all the children of Israel were crying out against Moses and Aaron in the waste land:
3 And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, See, I will send down bread from heaven for you; and the people will go out every day and get enough for the day's needs; so that I may put them to the test to see if they will keep my laws or not.
5 And on the sixth day they are to make ready what they get in, and it will be twice as much as they get on the other days.
6 And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, This evening it will be clear to you that it is the Lord who has taken you out of the land of Egypt:
7 And in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord; for your angry words against the Lord have come to his ears: and what are we that you are crying out against us?
8 And Moses said, The Lord will give you meat for your food at evening, and in the morning bread in full measure; for your outcry against the Lord has come to his ears: for what are we? your outcry is not against us but against the Lord.
9 And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the people of Israel, Come near before the Lord for he has given ear to your outcry.
10 And while Aaron was talking to the children of Israel, their eyes were turned in the direction of the waste land, and they saw the glory of the Lord shining in the cloud.
11 And the Lord said to Moses,
12 The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God.
13 And it came about that in the evening little birds came up and the place was covered with them: and in the morning there was dew all round about the tents.
14 And when the dew was gone, on the face of the earth was a small round thing, like small drops of ice on the earth.
15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.
16 This is what the Lord has said, Let every man take up as much as he has need of; at the rate of one omer for every person, let every man take as much as is needed for his family.
17 And the children of Israel did so, and some took more and some less.
18 And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had nothing over, and he who had little had enough; every man had taken what he was able to make use of.
19 And Moses said to them, Let nothing be kept till the morning.
20 But they gave no attention to Moses, and some of them kept it till the morning and there were worms in it and it had an evil smell: and Moses was angry with them.
21 And they took it up morning by morning, every man as he had need: and when the sun was high it was gone.
22 And on the sixth day they took up twice as much of the bread, two omers for every person: and all the rulers of the people gave Moses word of it.
23 And he said, This is what the Lord has said, Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord: what has to be cooked may be cooked; and what is over, put on one side to be kept till the morning.
24 And they kept it till the morning as Moses had said: and no smell came from it, and it had no worms.
25 And Moses said, Make your meal today of what you have, for this day is a Sabbath to the Lord: today you will not get any in the fields.
26 For six days you will get it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any.
27 But still on the seventh day some of the people went out to get it, and there was not any.
28 And the Lord said to Moses, How long will you go against my orders and my laws?
29 See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, he gives you on the sixth day bread enough for two days; let every man keep where he is; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people took their rest on the seventh day.
31 And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.
32 And Moses said, This is the order which the Lord has given: Let one omer of it be kept for future generations, so that they may see the bread which I gave you for your food in the waste land, when I took you out from the land of Egypt.
33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot and put one omer of manna in it, and put it away before the Lord, to be kept for future generations.
34 So Aaron put it away in front of the holy chest to be kept, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
35 And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.
36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.