² And the whole congregation of the people of Israel ^(A)grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, ³ and the people of Israel said to them, ^(B)“Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, ^(C)when we sat by the meat pots and 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 am about to rain ^(D)bread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may ^(E)test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.

⁹ Then Moses ^(A)said to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, ^(B)‘Come near before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’” ¹⁰ And as soon as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the ^(C)glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. ¹¹ And the Lord said to Moses, ¹² “I ^(D)have heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At ^(E)twilight you shall eat meat, and ^(F)in the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”

¹³ In the evening ^(G)quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning ^(H)dew lay around the camp. ¹⁴ And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. ¹⁵ When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, ^(I)“What is it?”^[a] For they ^(J)did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, ^(K)“It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.