1 And they journeyed from Elim, and the whole assembly of the children of Israel came into the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure out of the land of Egypt.2 And the whole assembly of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness.3 And the children of Israel said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, when we ate bread to the full; for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to kill this whole congregation with hunger!4 Then said Jehovah to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather the daily need on its day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or not.5 And it shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare what they have brought in; and it shall be twice as much as they shall gather daily.6 And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, In the evening, then shall ye know that Jehovah has brought you out from the land of Egypt;7 and in the morning, then shall ye see the glory of Jehovah; for he has heard your murmurings against Jehovah; -and what are we, that ye murmur against us?8 And Moses said, When Jehovah gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for Jehovah hears your murmurings which ye murmur against him...and what {are} we? your murmurings are not against us, but against Jehovah.9 And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the assembly of the children of Israel, Come near into the presence of Jehovah; for he has heard your murmurings.10 And it came to pass, when Aaron spoke to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, that they turned toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of Jehovah appeared in the cloud.11 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Between the two evenings ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God.13 And it came to pass in the evening, that quails came up, and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay round the camp.14 And when the dew that lay {round it} was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there was {something} fine, granular, fine as hoar-frost, on the ground.15 And the children of Israel saw {it}, and said one to another, What is it? for they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which Jehovah has given you to eat.16 This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded: Gather of it every man according to what he can eat, an omer a poll, {according to} the number of your persons: ye shall take every man for those that are in his tent.17 And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some much, some little.18 And they measured with the omer: then he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little wanted nothing: they had gathered every man according to the measure of his eating.19 And Moses said to them, Let no man leave {any} of it until the morning.20 But they did not hearken to Moses; and some men left of it until the morning; then worms bred in it and it stank. And Moses was wroth with them.21 And they gathered it every morning, every man as much as he could eat; and when the sun became hot, it melted.22 And it came to pass on the sixth day, that they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one; and all the princes of the assembly came and told Moses.23 And he said to them, This is what Jehovah has said: To-morrow is the rest, the holy sabbath, of Jehovah: bake what ye will bake, and cook what ye will cook; and lay up for yourselves all that remains over, to be kept for the morning.24 And they laid it up for the morning, as Moses had commanded; and it did not stink, neither was there any worm in it.25 And Moses said, Eat it to-day; for to-day is sabbath to Jehovah: to-day ye shall not find it in the field.26 Six days shall ye gather it; but on the seventh day is sabbath: on it there shall be none.27 And it came to pass on the seventh day that there went out {some} from the people to gather {it}, and they found none.28 And Jehovah said to Moses, How long do ye refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?29 See, for Jehovah hath given you the sabbath; therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread for two days. Abide every man in his place: let no man go from his place on the seventh day.30 And the people rested on the seventh day.31 And the house of Israel called its name Manna; and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like cake with honey.32 And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded: Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread that I gave you to eat in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.33 And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put in it an omer full of manna, and deposit it before Jehovah, to be kept for your generations.34 As Jehovah had commanded Moses, so Aaron deposited it before the Testimony, to be kept.35 And the children of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came into an inhabited land: they ate the manna until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan.36 Now an omer is the tenth {part} of an ephah.

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.