1 ثم ارتحلوا من ايليم واتى كل جماعة بني اسرائيل الى برية سين التي بين ايليم وسيناء في اليوم الخامس عشر من الشهر الثاني بعد خروجهم من ارض مصر.2 فتذمر كل جماعة بني اسرائيل على موسى وهرون في البرية.3 وقال لهما بنو اسرائيل ليتنا متنا بيد الرب في ارض مصر اذ كنا جالسين عند قدور اللحم نأكل خبزا للشبع. فانكما اخرجتمانا الى هذا القفر لكي تميتا كل هذا الجمهور بالجوع4 فقال الرب لموسى ها انا امطر لكم خبزا من السماء. فيخرج الشعب ويلتقطون حاجة اليوم بيومها. لكي امتحنهم أيسلكون في ناموسي ام لا.5 ويكون في اليوم السادس انهم يهيئون ما يجيئون به فيكون ضعف ما يلتقطونه يوما فيوما.6 فقال موسى وهرون لجميع بني اسرائيل في المساء تعلمون ان الرب اخرجكم من ارض مصر.7 وفي الصباح ترون مجد الرب لاستماعه تذمّركم على الرب. واما نحن فماذا حتى تتذمروا علينا.8 وقال موسى. ذلك بان الرب يعطيكم في المساء لحما لتاكلوا وفي الصباح خبزا لتشبعوا لاستماع الرب تذمّركم الذي تتذمرون عليه. واما نحن فماذا. ليس علينا تذمّركم بل على الرب.9 وقال موسى لهرون قل لكل جماعة بني اسرائيل اقتربوا الى امام الرب لانه قد سمع تذمّركم.10 فحدث اذ كان هرون يكلم كل جماعة بني اسرائيل انهم التفتوا نحو البرية. واذا مجد الرب قد ظهر في السحاب.11 فكلم الرب موسى قائلا.12 سمعت تذمر بني اسرائيل. كلمهم قائلا في العشية تاكلون لحما وفي الصباح تشبعون خبزا. وتعلمون اني انا الرب الهكم13 فكان في المساء ان السلوى صعدت وغطت المحلّة. وفي الصباح كان سقيط الندى حوالي المحلّة.14 ولما ارتفع سقيط الندى اذا على وجه البرية شيء دقيق مثل قشور. دقيق كالجليد على الارض.15 فلما رأى بنو اسرائيل قالوا بعضهم لبعض من هو. لانهم لم يعرفوا ما هو. فقال لهم موسى هو الخبز الذي اعطاكم الرب لتاكلوا.16 هذا هو الشيء الذي امر به الرب التقطوا منه كل واحد على حسب اكله عمرا للراس على عدد نفوسكم تاخذون كل واحد للذين في خيمته17 ففعل بنو اسرائيل هكذا والتقطوا بين مكثّر ومقلّل.18 ولما كالوا بالعمر لم يفضل المكثر والمقلل لم ينقص. كانوا قد التقطوا كل واحد على حسب اكله.19 وقال لهم موسى لا يبقي احد منه الى الصباح.20 لكنهم لم يسمعوا لموسى بل ابقى منه اناس الى الصباح. فتولّد فيه دود وانتن. فسخط عليهم موسى.21 وكانوا يلتقطونه صباحا فصباحا كل واحد على حسب اكله. واذا حميت الشمس كان يذوب22 ثم كان في اليوم السادس انهم التقطوا خبزا مضاعفا عمرين للواحد. فجاء كل رؤساء الجماعة واخبروا موسى.23 فقال لهم هذا ما قال الرب غدا عطلة سبت مقدس للرب. اخبزوا ما تخبزون واطبخوا ما تطبخون. وكل ما فضل ضعوه عندكم ليحفظ الى الغد.24 فوضعوه الى الغد كما امر موسى. فلم ينتن ولا صار فيه دود.25 فقال موسى كلوه اليوم لان للرب اليوم سبتا. اليوم لا تجدونه في الحقل.26 ستة ايام تلتقطونه. واما اليوم السابع ففيه سبت. لا يوجد فيه27 وحدث في اليوم السابع ان بعض الشعب خرجوا ليلتقطوا فلم يجدوا.28 فقال الرب لموسى الى متى تأبون ان تحفظوا وصاياي وشرائعي.29 انظروا. ان الرب اعطاكم السبت لذلك هو يعطيكم في اليوم السادس خبز يومين. اجلسوا كل واحد في مكانه. لا يخرج احد من مكانه في اليوم السابع.30 فاستراح الشعب في اليوم السابع.31 ودعا بيت اسرائيل اسمه منّا. وهو كبزر الكزبرة ابيض وطعمه كرقاق بعسل32 وقال موسى هذا هو الشيء الذي امر به الرب. ملء العمر منه يكون للحفظ في اجيالكم. لكي يروا الخبز الذي اطعمتكم في البرية حين اخرجتكم من ارض مصر.33 وقال موسى لهرون خذ قسطا واحدا واجعل فيه ملء العمر منّا وضعه امام الرب للحفظ في اجيالكم.34 كما امر الرب موسى وضعه هرون امام الشهادة للحفظ.35 واكل بنو اسرائيل المنّ اربعين سنة حتى جاءوا الى ارض عامرة. اكلوا المنّ حتى جاءوا الى طرف ارض كنعان.36 واما العمر فهو عشر الإيفة

1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.2 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:3 And the children of Israel said to them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for you have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.4 Then said the LORD to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.5 And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.6 And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, At even, then you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt:7 And in the morning, then you shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he hears your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that you murmur against us?8 And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD hears your murmurings which you murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.9 And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he has heard your murmurings.10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.11 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, At even you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God.13 And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.14 And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.15 And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.16 This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take you every man for them which are in his tents.17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.18 And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.20 Notwithstanding they listened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.21 And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.22 And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.23 And he said to them, This is that which the LORD has said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath to the LORD: bake that which you will bake to day, and seethe that you will seethe; and that which remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein.25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath to the LORD: to day you shall not find it in the field.26 Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none.27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none.28 And the LORD said to Moses, How long refuse you to keep my commandments and my laws?29 See, for that the LORD has given you the sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide you every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.30 So the people rested on the seventh day.31 And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.32 And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commands, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread with which I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.35 And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.