1   And thei &yogh;eden forth fro Helym, and al the multitude of the sones of Yrael

cam into desert of Syn, that is bitwix Helym and Synai, the fiftenthe day of the secounde moneth after thei weren goon out of the loond of Egipte. 2   And alle the congregaciouns of the sones of Yrael grucchiden a&yogh;ens Moyses, and a&yogh;ens Aaron, in wildernes. 3   And the sones of Yrael seiden to hem, Wolde God we hadden be deed bi the hoond of the Lord in the loond of Egipte, whanne we seeten vpon the pottis of flesh, and eten breede in fulnes; whi hast thow ladde vs into this desert, that thow my&yogh;tist slee al this multitude with hungur? 4   The Lord forsothe seide to Moises, Y shal reyn to &yogh;ow looues fro heuene; the puple goo out that he gadere that sufficen bi eche dayes; that Y tempte hym, whether he goo in my lawe, or noon. 5   The sixte day forsothe greithe thei that thei bryngen yn, and dowble be there that thei weren wont to gedere bi eche dayes. 6   And Moyses and Aaron seiden to alle the sones of Yrael, At euen &yogh;e shulen wyte that the Lord hath lad &yogh;ow out of the loond of Egipte; 7   and the morwetide &yogh;e shulen se the glorye of the Lord; I haue herd forsothe &yogh;oure grucchyng a&yogh;ens the Lord; what forsoth ben we, that &yogh;e grucchen a&yogh;ens vs? 8   And Moyses seith, The Lord shal &yogh;yue to &yogh;ow at euen flesh for to eete, and eerli looues in fulnes, for thi that he hath herd &yogh;oure grucchyng, the which &yogh;e han grucchid a&yogh;ens hym; what forsothe ben we? ne a&yogh;ens vs is &yogh;oure grucchyng but a&yogh;ens the Lord. 9   And Moyses seide to Aaron, Sey to al the congregacioun of the sones of Yrael, Goo &yogh;e to before the Lord, forsothe he hath herd &yogh;oure grucching. 10   And whanne Aaron spak to al the companye of the sones of Yrael, thei bihilden to wildernas, and loo! the glorye of the Lord aperyde in a clowde. 11   Forsothe the Lord spak to Moyses, 12   seiynge, Y haue herd the grucchyng of the sones of Yrael;

spek thow to hem, At euen &yogh;e shulen eete flesh, and eerli &yogh;e shulen be fillid with looues, and &yogh;e shulen wyte that Y am the Lord &yogh;oure God. 13   Thanne it was doon at euen, and steiynge vp a curlew couerde the tentis, and eerly dew cam by the enuirown of the tentis. 14   And whanne it hadde couerde the vttermore parti of the erthe, it aperid in wildernes lassid, and as with a pestel pownyd, into the lyknes of an hoore frost vpon the erthe. 15   The which thing whanne the sones of Yrael hadden seen, thei seiden togidere, Man hu? that bitokneth, what is this? forsothe thei knewen not what it was. To whom Moyses seith, This is the breed that the Lord hath &yogh;ouun to &yogh;ow for to eete. 16   This is the word that the Lord comaundide, Echon gedere of it how myche it sufficith for to eete, the tenthe part of thre busshels bi ech heedes, after the noumbre of soules that dwellen in the tabernacle, so &yogh;e shulen taak. 17   And so dyden the sones of Yrael, and thei gadreden another more, another lesse; 18   and thei mesurden it at the mesure of gomor, that is, of threttenthe pownde, with the tenthe part of two pownde; ne he that gederede more hadde more, ne he that gaderyde lesse foond lesse, but eche after that that he my&yogh;te eete gadreden. 19   And Moyses seide to hem, No man leeue therof vnto the morwen; 20   the whiche herden him not, but sum therof lafte vnto the morwen, and it biganne to boyle wormes, and stonk; and Moyses was wrooth a&yogh;ens hem. 21   Forsothe eche gaderede the morwetide as myche as my&yogh;te suffice to ete, and whanne the sunne bigan to heet, it moltid. 22   The sixte day forsothe thei gadreden dowble metis, that is to seye, two gomors bi eche

man. And alle the princes of the multitude camen, 23   and tolden to Moyses, the which seith to hem, This is that the Lord spak, The rest of the holy day is halwid to the Lord, to morwe al that is to worchynge dothe, and `that ben to seething seetheth, and what euer shal be relif, leith vp til to morwe. 24   And thei diden so as Moyses hadde comaundide, and it stonk not, ne worme was founde there yn. 25   And Moyses seide, Etith that to day, for it is the saboth of the Lord, yt shal not be founde to day in the feelde; six dayes gedere &yogh;e, 26   in the seuenthe day forsothe is the saboth of the Lord, therfor it shal not be foundun. 27   The seuenthe day cam, and goon out of the puple that thei my&yogh;ten gedere, thei fonden no&yogh;t. 28   And the Lord seide to Moyses, How long wolen &yogh;e not kepe my maundementis, and my lawe? 29   Seeth that the Lord shal &yogh;yue to &yogh;ow a saboth, and therfore he shal &yogh;yue to &yogh;ow the sixt day dowble meetis; dwel euerechon anentis hym silf, no man goo out of his place the seuenthe day. 30   And the puple halowide the seuenthe day. 31   And the hows of Yrael clepide the name of it man, that was as the seed of coliaundre white, and the taast of it as of tryed floure with hony. 32   And Moyses seyde, This is the word that the Lord comaundide, Fulfil thow gomor of it, and be it kept into generaciouns afterward to comen, that thei knowen the breed with the which Y norshide hem in wildernes, whanne &yogh;e weren lad out of the loond of Egipte. 33   And Moyses seide to Aaron, Tak a vessel, and putte ther yn man, how myche may take gomor, and ley vp before the Lord, to kepe into &yogh;oure generaciouns, as the Lord comaundide to Moyses; 34    and Aaron putte it in the tabernacle, to be reserued. 35   And the sones of Yrael

eten man fourti wynter, to the tyme that thei camen into a loond able to dwel yn; with this meet thei weren norishid forto thei towcheden to the coostys of the loond of Chanaan. 36   Gomor forsothe is the tenthe party of ephi, that is, a mesure of thre busshels.

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