Exodus 16

vayyisu me'elim vayyavo'u kol-adat bene-yisra'el el-midbar-sin asher ben-elim uven sinay bakhamisha asar yom lakhodesh hasheni letsetam me'erets mitsrayim

Setting out from Elim, the whole Israelite community came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt.

(vylynv) [vayyillonu] kol-adat bene-yisra'el al-mosheh ve'al-aharon bammidbar

In the wilderness, the whole Israelite community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

vayyomeru alehem bene yisra'el mi-yitten mutenu veyad-Adonai be'erets mitsrayim beshivtenu al-sir habbasar be'okhlenu lekhem lasova ki-hotsetem otanu el-hammidbar hazzeh lehamit et-kol-haqqahal hazzeh bara'av

The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by GOD’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots, when we ate our fill of bread! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to starve this whole congregation to death.”

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh hinni mamtir lakhem lekhem min-hashamayim veyatsa ha'am velaqetu devar-yom beyomo lema'an anassennu hayelekh betorati im-lo

And GOD said to Moses, “I will rain down bread for you from the sky, and the people shall go out and gather each day that day’s portion—that I may thus test them, to see whether they will follow My instructions or not.

vehayah bayyom hashishi vehekhinu et asher-yavi'u vehayah mishneh al asher-yilqetu yom yom

But on the sixth day, when they apportion what they have brought in, it shall prove to be double the amount they gather each day.”

vayyomer mosheh ve'aharon el-kol-bene yisra'el erev vidatem ki Adonai hotsi etkhem me'erets mitsrayim

So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “By evening you shall know it was GOD who brought you out from the land of Egypt;

uvoqer ure'item et-kevod Adonai beshomo et-telunnotekhem al-Adonai venakhnu mah ki (tlvnv) [tallinu] alenu

and in the morning you shall behold the Presence of GOD, who has heard your grumblings against GOD. For who are we that you should grumble against us?

vayyomer mosheh betet Adonai lakhem ba'erev basar le'ekhol velekhem babboqer lisboa bishmoa Adonai et-telunnotekhem asher-attem mallinim alayw venakhnu mah lo-alenu telunnotekhem ki al-Adonai

Since it is GOD,” Moses continued, “who will give you flesh to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to the full—because GOD has heard the grumblings you utter—what is our part? Your grumbling is against GOD, not against us!”

vayyomer mosheh el-aharon emor el-kol-adat bene yisra'el qirvu lifne Adonai ki shama et telunnotekhem

Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to the whole Israelite community: Advance toward GOD, who has heard your grumbling.”

vayehi kedabber aharon el-kol-adat bene-yisra'el vayyifnu el-hammidbar vehinneh kevod Adonai nirah be'anan

And as Aaron spoke to the whole Israelite community, they turned toward the wilderness, and there, in a cloud, appeared the Presence of GOD.

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke to Moses:

shamati et-telunnot bene yisra'el dabber alehem lemor ben ha'arbayim tokhelu vasar uvabboqer tisbe'u-lakhem vidatem ki ani Adonai elohekhem

“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Speak to them and say: By evening you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall have your fill of bread; and you shall know that I the ETERNAL am your God.”

vayehi va'erev vatta'al hasselav vattekhas et-hammakhaneh uvabboqer hayetah shikhvat hattal saviv lammakhaneh

In the evening quail appeared and covered the camp; in the morning there was a fall of dew about the camp.

vatta'al shikhvat hattal vehinneh al-pene hammidbar daq mekhuspas daq kakkefor al-ha'arets

When the fall of dew lifted, there, over the surface of the wilderness, lay a fine and flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground.

vayyiru vene-yisra'el vayyomeru ish el-akhiv man hu ki lo yade'u mah-hu vayyomer mosheh alehem hu hallekhem asher natan Adonai lakhem le'okhlah

When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?”—for they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “That is the bread that GOD has given you to eat.

zeh haddavar asher tsivvah Adonai liqtu mimmennu ish lefi okhlo omer laggulgolet mispar nafshotekhem ish la'asher be'oholo tiqqakhu

This is what GOD has commanded: Each household shall gather as much as it requires to eat—an omer to a person for as many of you as there are; each household shall fetch according to those in its tent.”

vayya'asu-khen bene yisra'el vayyilqetu hammarbeh vehammamit

The Israelites did so, some gathering much, some little.

vayyamoddu va'omer velo hedif hammarbeh vehammamit lo hekhsir ish lefi-okhlo laqatu

But when they measured it by the omer, anyone who had gathered much had no excess, and anyone who had gathered little had no deficiency: each household had gathered as much as it needed to eat.

vayyomer mosheh alehem ish al-yoter mimmennu ad-boqer

And Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over until morning.”

velo-shame'u el-mosheh vayyotiru anashim mimmennu ad-boqer vayyarum tola'im vayyivash vayyiqtsof alehem mosheh

But they paid no attention to Moses; some of them left of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and stank. And Moses was angry with them.

vayyilqetu oto babboqer babboqer ish kefi okhlo vekham hashemesh venamas

So they gathered it every morning, as much as each one needed to eat; for when the sun grew hot, it would melt.

vayehi bayyom hashishi laqetu lekhem mishneh shene ha'omer la'ekhad vayyavo'u kol-nesi'e ha'edah vayyaggidu lemosheh

On the sixth day they gathered double the amount of food, two omers for each; and when all the chieftains of the community came and told Moses,

vayyomer alehem hu asher dibber Adonai shabbaton shabbat-qodesh la-Adonai makhar et asher-tofu efu ve'et asher-tevashelu bashelu ve'et kol-ha'odef hannikhu lakhem lemishmeret ad-habboqer

he said to them, “This is what GOD meant: Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy sabbath of GOD. Bake what you would bake and boil what you would boil; and all that is left put aside to be kept until morning.”

vayyannikhu oto ad-habboqer ka'asher tsivvah mosheh velo hivish verimmah lo-hayetah bo

So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered; and it did not turn foul, and there were no maggots in it.

vayyomer mosheh ikhluhu hayyom ki-shabbat hayyom la-Adonai hayyom lo timtsa'uhu bassadeh

Then Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a sabbath of GOD; you will not find it today on the plain.

sheshet yamim tilqetuhu uvayyom hashevi'i shabbat lo yihyeh-bbo

Six days you shall gather it; on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be none.”

vayehi bayyom hashevi'i yatse'u min-ha'am lilqot velo matsa'u

Yet some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found nothing.

vayyomer Adonai el-mosheh ad-anah me'antem lishmor mitsvotay vetorotay

And GOD said to Moses, “How long will you all refuse to obey My commandments and My teachings?

re'u ki-Adonai natan lakhem hashabbat al-ken hu noten lakhem bayyom hashishi lekhem yomayim shevu ish takhtayw al-yetse ish mimmeqomo bayyom hashevi'i

Mark that it is GOD who, having given you the sabbath, therefore gives you two days’ food on the sixth day. Let everyone remain in place: let no one leave the vicinity on the seventh day.”

vayyishbetu ha'am bayyom hashevi'i

So the people remained inactive on the seventh day.

vayyiqre'u vet-yisra'el et-shemo man vehu kezera gad lavan vetamo ketsappikhit bidvash

The house of Israel named it manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and it tasted like wafers in honey.

vayyomer mosheh zeh haddavar asher tsivvah Adonai melo ha'omer mimmennu lemishmeret ledorotekhem lema'an yiru et-hallekhem asher he'ekhalti etkhem bammidbar behotsi'i etkhem me'erets mitsrayim

Moses said, “This is what GOD has commanded: Let one omer of it be kept throughout the ages, in order that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out from the land of Egypt.”

vayyomer mosheh el-aharon qakh tsintsenet akhat veten-shammah melo-ha'omer man vehannakh oto lifne Adonai lemishmeret ledorotekhem

And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, put one omer of manna in it, and place it before GOD, to be kept throughout the ages.”

ka'asher tsivvah Adonai el-mosheh vayyannikhehu aharon lifne ha'edut lemishmaret

As GOD had commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the Pact, to be kept.

uvene yisra'el okhlu et-hamman arba'im shanah ad-bo'am el-erets noshavet et-hamman okhlu ad-bo'am el-qetseh erets kena'an

And the Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a settled land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

veha'omer asirit ha'efah hu

The omer is a tenth of an ephah.