Bible Verses

For six days, you will gather it, but there will be none on the seventh day, the Sabbath.”

And Moses said: “Eat it today, for this is a day of Rest—or Sabbath—in honor of the Lord. Today, you will not find it in the fields.

Bake today what you have to bake and boil what you have to cook, and you shall put aside what is left over to be kept till the next day.” So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered. Its smell was not foul, and it was free of maggots.

He said to them: “This is what the Lord commanded: Tomorrow you shall rest, for that day is a Rest—or Sabbath—sacred to the Lord.

On the sixth day, they gathered twice the amount of bread, two omers each, and the leader of the people came to tell Moses.

Every morning, each one gathered as much as he could eat, and when the sun grew hot, it melted.

But they did not listen to Moses, and some left it till morning. It bred worms and became foul, and Moses was angry with them.

Moses said to them: “Let no one leave any of it till the morning.”

But when they measured it with an omer, those who gathered more didn’t have too much, while those who gathered less didn’t have too little. Each one had as much as he needed.

This is what the people of Israel did. They gathered it, some more, others less.