Manna and Quail

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and ADONAI said to Moshe,

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"I have heard the grumblings of the people of Isra'el. Say to them: 'At dusk you will be eating meat, and in the morning you will have your fill of bread. Then you will realize that I am ADONAI your God.'"

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That evening, quails came up and covered the camp; while in the morning there was a layer of dew all around the camp.

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When the dew had evaporated, there on the surface of the desert was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground.

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When the people of Isra'el saw it, they asked each other, "Man hu? [What is it?]"because they didn't know what it was. Moshe answered them, "It is the bread which ADONAI has given you to eat.

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Here is what ADONAI has ordered: each man is to gather according to his appetite - each is to take an 'omer [two quarts] per person for everyone in his tent."

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The people of Isra'el did this. Some gathered more, some less;

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but when they put it in an 'omer-measure, whoever had gathered much had no excess; and whoever had gathered little had no shortage; nevertheless each person had gathered according to his appetite.

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