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.

1 Profectique sunt de Elim, et venit omnis multitudo filiorum Isral in desertum Sin, quod est inter Elim et Sinai, quintodecimo die mensis secundi, postquam egressi sunt de terra gypti. 2 Et murmuravit omnis congregatio filiorum Isral contra Moysen et Aaron in solitudine. 3 Dixeruntque filii Isral ad eos : Utinam mortui essemus per manum Domini in terra gypti, quando sedebamus super ollas carnium, et comedebamus panem in saturitate : cur eduxistis nos in desertum istud, ut occideretis omnem multitudinem fame ? 4 Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen : Ecce ego pluam vobis panes de clo : egrediatur populus, et colligat qu sufficiunt per singulos dies : ut tentem eum utrum ambulet in lege mea, an non. 5 Die autem sexto parent quod inferant : et sit duplum quam colligere solebant per singulos dies. 6 Dixeruntque Moyses et Aaron ad omnes filios Isral : Vespere scietis quod Dominus eduxerit vos de terra gypti, 7 et mane videbitis gloriam Domini : audivit enim murmur vestrum contra Dominum : nos vero quid sumus, quia mussitastis contra nos ? 8 Et ait Moyses : Dabit vobis Dominus vespere carnes edere, et mane panes in saturitate : eo quod audierit murmurationes vestras quibus murmurati estis contra eum : nos enim quid sumus ? nec contra nos est murmur vestrum, sed contra Dominum. 9 Dixit quoque Moyses ad Aaron : Dic univers congregationi filiorum Isral : Accedite coram Domino : audivit enim murmur vestrum. 10 Cumque loqueretur Aaron ad omnem ctum filiorum Isral, respexerunt ad solitudinem : et ecce gloria Domini apparuit in nube. 11 Locutus est autem Dominus ad Moysen, dicens : 12 Audivi murmurationes filiorum Isral. Loquere ad eos : Vespere comedetis carnes, et mane saturabimini panibus : scietisque quod ego sum Dominus Deus vester. 13 Factum est ergo vespere, et ascendens coturnix, cooperuit castra : mane quoque ros jacuit per circuitum castrorum. 14 Cumque operuisset superficiem terr, apparuit in solitudine minutum, et quasi pilo tusum in similitudinem pruin super terram. 15 Quod cum vidissent filii Isral, dixerunt ad invicem : Manhu ? quod significat : Quid est hoc ? ignorabant enim quid esset. Quibus ait Moyses : Iste est panis quem Dominus dedit vobis ad vescendum. 16 Hic est sermo, quem prcepit Dominus : Colligat unusquisque ex eo quantum sufficit ad vescendum : gomor per singula capita, juxta numerum animarum vestrarum qu habitant in tabernaculo sic tolletis. 17 Feceruntque ita filii Isral : et collegerunt, alius plus, alius minus. 18 Et mensi sunt ad mensuram gomor : nec qui plus collegerat, habuit amplius : nec qui minus paraverat, reperit minus : sed singuli juxta id quod edere poterant, congregaverunt. 19 Dixitque Moyses ad eos : Nullus relinquat ex eo in mane. 20 Qui non audierunt eum, sed dimiserunt quidam ex eis usque mane, et scatere cpit vermibus, atque computruit : et iratus est contra eos Moyses.21 Colligebant autem mane singuli, quantum sufficere poterat ad vescendum : cumque incaluisset sol, liquefiebat. 22 In die autem sexta collegerunt cibos duplices, id est, duo gomor per singulos homines : venerunt autem omnes principes multitudinis, et narraverunt Moysi. 23 Qui ait eis : Hoc est quod locutus est Dominus : Requies sabbati sanctificata est Domino cras : quodcumque operandum est, facite, et qu coquenda sunt coquite : quidquid autem reliquum fuerit, reponite usque in mane. 24 Feceruntque ita ut prceperat Moyses, et non computruit, neque vermis inventus est in eo. 25 Dixitque Moyses : Comedite illud hodie, quia sabbatum est Domini : non invenietur hodie in agro. 26 Sex diebus colligite : in die autem septimo sabbatum est Domini, idcirco non invenietur. 27 Venitque septima dies : et egressi de populo ut colligerent, non invenerunt. 28 Dixit autem Dominus ad Moysen : Usquequo non vultis custodire mandata mea et legem meam ? 29 videte quod Dominus dederit vobis sabbatum, et propter hoc die sexta tribuit vobis cibos duplices : maneat unusquisque apud semetipsum ; nullus egrediatur de loco suo die septimo. 30 Et sabbatizavit populus die septimo. 31 Appellavitque domus Isral nomen ejus Man : quod erat quasi semen coriandri album, gustusque ejus quasi simil cum melle. 32 Dixit autem Moyses : Iste est sermo, quem prcepit Dominus : Imple gomor ex eo, et custodiatur in futuras retro generationes : ut noverint panem, quo alui vos in solitudine, quando educti estis de terra gypti. 33 Dixitque Moyses ad Aaron : Sume vas unum, et mitte ibi man, quantum potest capere gomor, et repone coram Domino ad servandum in generationes vestras, 34 sicut prcepit Dominus Moysi. Posuitque illud Aaron in tabernaculo reservandum. 35 Filii autem Isral comederunt man quadraginta annis, donec venirent in terram habitabilem : hoc cibo aliti sunt, usquequo tangerent fines terr Chanaan. 36 Gomor autem decima pars est ephi.