1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto 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 unto 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 ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

4 Then said the LORD unto 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 unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: 7 And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye 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 heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.

9 And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. 10 And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto 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 spake unto Moses, saying, 12 I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye 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, upon 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 wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.

16 This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye 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 hearkened not unto 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 unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth 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 unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye 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 unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? 29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye 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 commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. 33 And Moses said unto 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 unto the borders of the land of Canaan. 36 Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah.

1 以色列全体会众从以琳起行， 在出埃及以后第二个月十五日， 来到以琳和西奈中间汛的旷野那里。

2 以色列全体会众在旷野都向摩西和亚伦发怨言；

3 以色列人对他们说： "我们宁愿在埃及地坐在肉锅旁边， 吃饭吃到饱的时候， 死在耶和华的手里！ 你们倒把我们领出来， 到这旷野， 是要叫这全体会众饿死啊！ "

4 耶和华对摩西说： "看哪， 我要把粮食从天上降给你们； 人民可以出去， 每天收取当天的分量， 我好试验他们是否遵行我的律法。

5 到第六天， 他们把收进来的预备好， 比每天收取的多一倍。"

6 摩西和亚伦对以色列众人说： "今晚你们必定知道是耶和华把你们从埃及地领出来。

7 明早你们必定看见耶和华的荣耀， 因为耶和华听见了你们向他所发的怨言了。我们算什么， 你们竟向我们发怨言呢？"

8 摩西又说： "耶和华晚上必给你们肉吃， 早晨必给你们食物吃饱， 因为耶和华听见了你们埋怨他所说的怨言了。我们算什么？你们的怨言不是向我们发的， 而是向耶和华发的。"

9 摩西对亚伦说： "你要对以色列全体会众说： ‘你们走近耶和华面前， 因为他已经听见了你们的怨言了。’"

10 亚伦对以色列全体会众说话的时候， 他们向着旷野观望， 看见耶和华的荣耀在云中显现出来。

11 耶和华吩咐摩西说：

12 "以色列人的怨言， 我已经听见了。你告诉他们说： ‘黄昏的时候你们必吃肉， 早晨的时候必有食物吃饱； 这样， 你们就知道我耶和华是你们的 神了。’"

13 到了晚上， 有鹌鹑飞上来， 把营都遮盖了； 到了早晨， 营的四周有一层露水。

14 露水上升以后， 就见野地上有细小鳞状的东西， 像小白霜一样细小的东西。

15 以色列人看见了， 就彼此对问说： "这是什么？"原来他们不知道那是什么。摩西对他们说： "这就是耶和华赐给你们吃的食物。

16 耶和华吩咐的话是这样的： ‘你们要按着各人的食量收取， 按着你们的人数为帐幕里的人收取， 一人两公升。’"

17 以色列人就这样行了； 有的多收、有的少收。

18 他们用升斗衡量的时候， 多收的没有剩余， 少收的也不缺乏； 各人按着自己的食量收取。

19 摩西对他们说： "谁也不可把一些留到早晨。"

20 他们却不听摩西的话， 有人把一些留到早晨， 就生虫发臭了。摩西就向他们发怒。

21 他们每天早晨都按着各人的食量去收取； 太阳一发热， 就融化了。

22 到第六日， 他们收取了两倍的食物， 每人四公升； 会众的首领都来告诉摩西。

23 摩西对他们说： "耶和华这样说： ‘明天是安息日， 是向耶和华守的圣安息日。你们要烤的， 就烤吧； 要煮的， 就煮吧； 所有余剩的要自己保存着， 直留到早晨。’"

24 他们就照着摩西吩咐的， 把余剩的留到早晨； 竟然不发臭， 里头也没有生虫。

25 摩西说： "今天吃这个吧， 因为今天是向耶和华守的安息日， 今日你们在田野里必找不着。

26 六天你们可以收取， 但第七天是安息日， 在那一天什么都没有了。"

27 第七天民间有人出去收取， 可是什么也找不着。

28 耶和华对摩西说： "你们拒绝遵守我的诫命和律法， 要到几时呢？

29 你们看， 耶和华把安息日赐给了你们， 所以第六日他赐给你们两天的食物； 第七天你们各人要住在家里， 谁都不可离开自己的地方。"

30 于是人民在第七天都安息了。

31 以色列家给这食物起名叫"吗哪"， 它像芫荽的种子， 色白， 味道像搀蜜的薄饼。

32 摩西说： "耶和华吩咐的话是这样： 要把满两公升的吗哪保留起来给你们的后代， 好让他们可以看见当日我把你们从埃及地领出来的时候， 在旷野给你们吃的食物。"

33 摩西对亚伦说： "拿一个罐子来， 装满两公升吗哪， 存放在耶和华面前， 保留起来给你们的后代。"

34 亚伦就照着耶和华吩咐摩西的， 把吗哪存留在法柜前。

35 以色列人吃吗哪共四十年， 直到进了有人居住的地方为止； 他们吃吗哪， 直到进入迦南地的边界为止。

36 两公升就是当时的标准量器的十分之一。（"两公升就是当时的标准量器的十分之一"原文作"一俄梅珥就是一伊法的十分之一"）