| 1 The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and
came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim
and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month
after they had come out of Egypt.
2 In the desert the whole community grumbled
against Moses and Aaron.
3 The Israelites said to them, \"If only we had died by
the LORD\'s hand in Egypt! There we sat around
pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you
have brought us out into this desert to starve this
entire assembly to death.\"
4 Then the LORD said to Moses, \"I will rain down
bread from heaven for you. The people are to go
out each day and gather enough for that day. In this
way I will test them and see whether they will follow
my instructions.
5 On the sixth day they are to prepare what they bring
in, and that is to be twice as much as they gather
on the other days.\"
6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, \"In
the evening you will know that it was the LORD who
brought you out of Egypt,
7 and in the morning you will see the glory of the
LORD , because he has heard your grumbling
against him. Who are we, that you should grumble
against us?\"
8 Moses also said, \"You will know that it was the
LORD when he gives you meat to eat in the evening
and all the bread you want in the morning, because
he has heard your grumbling against him. Who are
we? You are not grumbling against us, but against
the LORD .\"
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