Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

²³ though He had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,

²⁴ and had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.

²⁵ Man ate angels’ food; He sent them meat to the full.

²⁶ He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven, and by His power He brought in the south wind.

²⁷ He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls as the sand of the sea.

²⁸ And He let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations.

²⁹ So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them their own desire.

³³ And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, “We are all dead men.”

³⁴ And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

³⁵ And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses, and they borrowed from the Egyptians jewels of silver and jewels of gold and raiment.

³⁶ And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they despoiled the Egyptians.

³⁷ And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot who were men, besides children.

³⁸ And a mixed multitude went up also with them, and flocks and herds, even very much cattle.

³⁹ And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt; for it was not leavened because they were thrust out of Egypt and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

⁴⁰ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years.

⁴¹ And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even on the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

⁴² It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of the Lord to be observed by all the children of Israel in their generations.

¹⁷ Now in this I declare unto you that I praise you not: that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.

¹⁸ For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there are divisions among you, and I partly believe it.

¹⁹ For there must be also heresies among you, that those who are approved may be made manifest among you.

²⁰ When ye therefore come together into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s Supper.

²¹ For in eating, every one taketh his own supper ahead of another, and one is hungry and another is drunken.

²² What? Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have not? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I praise you not!