They journeyed from Eilim, and the entire community of the B’nei Yisrael came to the desert of Sin, which is between Eilim and Sinai. It was the fifteenth day of the second month after they went out of the land of Egypt.

The entire community of the B’nei Yisrael complained against Moshe and Aharon in the desert.

The B’nei Yisrael said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of [before] Adonoy in the land of Egypt, when we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out to this desert to cause this entire congregation to die of starvation.”

Adonoy said to Moshe, “Behold, I will make bread rain [come down] from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather enough for each day, that I may test them [to see] if they will walk in [the way of] My teaching or not.

On the sixth day [when] they prepare what they bring [home], it will be twice as much as they gather every [other] day.”

Moshe and Aharon said to all the B’nei Yisrael, “In the evening you will know that [it is] Adonoy [Who] brought you out from the land of Egypt.

And in the morning you will see the glory of Adonoy, for He has heard your complaints [are heard (before Him)] against [regarding the Word of] Adonoy. But what are we that you cause complaints against us?”

[Then] Moshe said, “When Adonoy gives you meat to eat in the evening, and a filling meal of bread in the morning, Adonoy will have heard your complaints [will have been heard before Adonoy], that you cause complaints against Him. What are we? Your complaints are not against us but against [the Word of] Adonoy.”

Then Moshe said to Aharon, “Say to the entire community of the B’nei Yisrael: Come near before Adonoy, for He has heard your complaints [have been heard before Him].”

As Aharon spoke to the entire community of the B’nei Yisrael, they turned toward to the desert, and behold the glory of Adonoy was visible [revealed] in the cloud.

Adonoy spoke to Moshe saying,

“I have heard the complaints of the B’nei Yisrael [have been heard before Me]. Speak to them saying, ‘Between evenings [afternoon] you will eat meat, and in the morning you will have your fill of bread, and you will know that I am Adonoy, your God.

It was evening and quails rose up and covered the camp. In the morning there was a layer of dew [descended] around the camp.

The layer of dew [that had fallen] had risen, and behold, on the surface of the desert were thin [uncovered] [peeled away] flakes. It was as fine as [gir, like] frost on the ground.

The B’nei Yisrael saw it and said to one another, “It is a food,” for they did not know [exactly] what [kind] it was. Moshe said to them, “This is the bread that Adonoy is giving you to eat.

This is what Adonoy has commanded: Each man shall gather his requirement of food. An omer per person, according to the number of your people. shall each man take for those in his tent.”

The B’nei Yisrael did so. They gathered it, some more, some less.

However when they measured it with an omer, the one who had taken more had no extra, and the one who had taken less, was not lacking. They had gathered exactly enough for each one to eat.

Moshe said to them, “Let no man leave any over until morning.”

They did not listen to [accept] Moshe, and some men left some over until morning. It became wormy and putrid, and Moshe was angry with them.

They gathered it each morning, each man according to what he would eat. [When] the sun became hot [on that which remained from it upon the face of the field], it melted.

When the sixth day came, what they had gathered [was a] double [portion of] bread, two omers for each individual. All the leaders of the community came and told Moshe [about it].

He said to them, “This is what Adonoy has said: Tomorrow is a [day of] rest, Adonoy’s [a] holy Shabbos [before Adonoy]. Bake what you want to bake, and cook what you want to cook, and whatever is left over, put aside for yourselves, to preserve it until the morning.”

They put it aside until morning as Moshe had commanded. It did not turn putrid and there were no worms in it.

Moshe said, “Eat it today, for today is Shabbos to [before] Adonoy. Today you will not find it [manna] in the field.

Six days you shall gather it, but the seventh day is Shabbos, there will be none on [that day].”

When the seventh day came some of the people went out to gather, but they found none.

Adonoy said to Moshe, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and My teachings.”

See, because Adonoy gave you the Shabbos, therefore He gave you on the sixth day bread for two days. Every man must remain in his place. No man may go out of his place on the seventh day.

The people rested on the seventh day.

The House of Yisrael named it [the food] man[na]. It was like white coriander seed, and it tasted like wafers in honey.

Moshe said, “This is what Adonoy has commanded: Fill an omer [measure] with it to preserve it for your generations. That they may see the bread with which I fed you in the desert when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.”

Moshe said to Aharon, “Take a jar and put an omer full of manna in it, and place it before Adonoy to be preserved for your generations.”

As Adonoy commanded Moshe, Aharon placed it before the Testimony for preservation.

The B’nei Yisrael ate the manna for forty years, until they came to an inhabited land. They ate the manna until they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.

The omer is a tenth of an eiphoh [which is three se’in].