² Then the whole congregation of the children of Israel ^(A)complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. ³ And the children of Israel said to them, ^(B)“Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, ^(C)when we sat by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain ^(D)bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather ^[a]a certain quota every day, that I may ^(E)test them, whether they will ^(F)walk in My law or not.

⁹ Then Moses spoke to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, ^(A)‘Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your complaints.’ ” ¹⁰ Now it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord ^(B)appeared in the cloud.

¹¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ^12 (C)“I have heard the complaints of the children of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ^(D)‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and ^(E)in the morning you shall be filled with bread. And you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’ ”

¹³ So it was that ^(F)quail came up at evening and covered the camp, and in the morning ^(G)the dew lay all around the camp. ¹⁴ And when the layer of dew lifted, there, on the surface of the wilderness, was ^(H)a small round ^(I)substance, as fine as frost on the ground. ¹⁵ So when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.

And Moses said to them, ^(J)“This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.