Exodus 16:14-16

The Voice

¹⁴But when the dew evaporated, it left behind a thin, mysterious, flaky substance that looked like frost on top of the dry desert ground. ¹⁵The people of Israel went out to examine it. They had never seen anything quite like it.

Israelites (to one another): What is it?

The people didn’t have a clue what this strange substance was.

Moses: It is the bread which the Eternal has given you to eat. ¹⁶Here are His instructions: “Gather only as much of it as you should eat by yourself. Pick up two quarts^[a] of bread for each person who lives in your tent.”

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