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Summary
Exodus 16:1 - 16:15

16:1. They set forward from Elim, and all the multitude of the children of Israel came into the desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai: the fifteenth day of the second month, after they came out of the land of Egypt.

16:2. All the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.

16:3. 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 over the fleshpots, and ate bread to the full! Why have you brought us into this desert, that you might destroy all the multitude with famine?"

16:4. The Lord said to Moses, "Behold I will rain bread from heaven for you; let the people go forth, and gather what is sufficient for every day: that I may prove them, whether they will walk in My law, or not.

16:5. "But the sixth day let them provide for to bring in: and let it be double to that they were wont to gather every day."

16:6. Moses and Aaron said to the children of Israel, "In the evening you shall know that the Lord has brought you forth out of the land of Egypt:

16:7. "and in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord: for he has heard your murmuring against the Lord: but as for us, what are we, that you mutter against us?"

16:8. Moses said, "In the evening the Lord will give you flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full: for He has heard your murmurings, with which you have murmured against Him, for what are we? Your murmuring is not against us, but against the Lord."

16:9. Moses also said to Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, 'Come before the Lord; for He has heard your murmuring.'"

16:10. When Aaron spoke to all the assembly of the children of Israel, they looked towards the wilderness; and behold the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud.

16:11. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

16:12. I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel; say to them, "In the evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God."

16:13. So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp.

16:14. When it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were beaten with a pestle, like unto the hoar frost on the ground.

'''16:15. When the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, "Manhu!" which signifies, "What is this!" for they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.'''

The Giving of Quail, as in Exodus 16, illustration from a Bible card published by the Providence Lithograph Company Date: 1901 Author:Providence Lithograph Company