¶ The .xvj. Chapter. &cross2;¶ The Israelites come into the desert of Sin. It
rayneth quaylles and Manna. They grudge.
AThe note children of Israel came to
Elim where were .xii. welles of
water and .lxx. palme trees, and
they abode there by the waters.
And they toke their iorney from
Elim: ∧ all the hole c&obar;pany of the children of
Israel came to the wildernes of Sin, which
is betwene Elim and Synai: the .xv. day of
the .ij. moneth after their departyng out of þe;
lande of Egypt. And þe; hole multitude of the
childr&ebar; of Israel note murmured agaynst Moses
and Aar&obar; in the wyldernes: and the children
of Israel sayde vnto th&ebar;: wolde to God
we had died by the hande of the Lorde in the
lande of Egypte, when we sat by the fleshepottes,
and when we dyd eate bread our belyes
full: for ye haue brought vs out into
this wyldernes, to kyll thys hole multitude
with honger.
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B Then sayde the Lorde vnto Moses: behold,
I wyll rayne note bread fr&obar; heau&ebar; to you,
and the people shall go out, and gather daye
by daye that I may proue th&ebar;, whither they
will walke in my lawe or no. The .vj. daye
they shal prepare for th&ebar; selues þt; which they
wyll bryng in, and let it be twise asmoch as
they gather in dayly. And Moses ∧ Aaron
sayde vnto all the children of Israel: at euen
ye shall knowe that it is the Lorde, which
brought you out of the lande of Egypt: and
in the morning, ye shall se &rhand; the glory of þe;
Lorde: because he hath heard your grudginges
agaynst the Lorde. And what are we þt;
ye haue murmured against vs? And Moses
sayde: At euen shall þe; Lorde note geue you flesh
to eate, and in the mornyng bread ynough:
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Manna
for the Lorde hath hearde your murmurynges
which ye murmur agaynst h&ibar;: for what
are we? your murmuringes are not against
vs, but agaynst the Lorde.
And Moses spake vnto Aar&obar;: Saye vnto
all the company of the children of Israel,
come forth before þe; Lorde: for he hath heard
your grudgynges. And as Aaron spake vnto
the hole multytude of the chyldren of Israel,
they loked towarde the wildernes: and
beholde, the glorye of the Lorde appeared in
the cloude. &cross3; And þe; Lord spake vnto Moses,
saying: I haue hearde the murmurynge
of the chyldren of Israel, tell them therfore
and saye: at euen ye shall eate flesh, and in þe;
morning ye shalbe fylled with breed, and ye
shall knowe that I am the Lord your God.
D And at euen the note quayles came and couered
the grounde where they laye. And in þe; morninge,
the dewe laye ro&ubar;de about the hooste.
And when þe; dewe was fall&ebar;: beholde it laye
vpon the grounde in the wyldernes, small ∧
round and thyn as the hore frost on the grounde.
And when the chyldren of Israel sawe
it, they sayde euery one to hys neyghboure:
It is &club; &rhand; M&abar;na. For they wist not what
it was. And Moses sayde vnto th&ebar;: this is þe;
breed which the Lord hath geu&ebar; you to eate.
This is the worde which the Lorde hath c&obar;ma&ubar;ded:
gather of it euery m&abar; for him self to
eate: a gomer full for a man according to the
nombre of you, and take euery m&abar; for them
which are in his tente.
And the chyldren of Israel dyd euen so, ∧
gathered some more, some lesse, and when
they dyd mete it with a gomer, note vnto hym
that had gathered moch, remayned nothing
ouer, &abar;d vnto him þt; had gathered litle, was
there no lacke: euery man gathered sufficient
for his eatyng. And Moses sayde vnto th&ebar;:
Se that no man let ought remayne of it tyll
the mornyng. E Not withstondyng they harkened
not vnto Moses: but some of th&ebar; lefte
of it vntyll the mornyng, and it waxed full
of wormes and st&abar;cke, and Moses was angry
with them.
And they gathered it all morninges, euery
man for hys eatynge. And assoone as the
heate of the sunne came, it moulte. And the
sixte day, they gathered twise so moch breed
two gomers for one man: ∧ all the rulers of
the multitude came, ∧ tolde Moses. He sayd
vnto th&ebar;: this is that which the Lorde hath
sayde: tomorow is the rest of the holy Sabbath
vnto the Lord: bake that which ye will
bake, and seth that ye will seth, and þt; which
remayneth, laye vp tyll the mornynge. F And
they layde it vp tyll the mornynge, as Moses
bad: and it stanke not, nether breed there
any worme therin. And Moses sayde: that
eate thys daye: for it is the Sabbath vnto
the Lorde: todaye ye shall not fynde it in the
The rocke.
felde. Syxe dayes ye shall gather it, and in
the seu&ebar;th daye which is the Sabbath, there
shalbe none. Notwithstondyng, there went
out some of the people in the seu&ebar;th daye for
to gather, ∧ they founde none. And the Lord
sayde vnto Moses: howe longe refuse ye to
kepe my commaundmentes and my lawes?
Se, the Lorde hath geuen you a Sabbath,
therfore he geueth you the syxte daye bread
for two dayes. Byde therfore euery man at
home ∧ lett no man go out of hys place the
seu&ebar;th daye. And þe; people rested the seuenth
daye. And þe; house of Israel called it M&abar;na.
noteAnd it was lyke vnto coriander seede,
whyte: and the taste of it was like vnto wafers
made with hony. And Moses sayd: this
is that which the Lorde commaundeth, fyll
a gomer of it, which maye be kept for youre
children after you: that they maye se þe; bread
wherwith I haue fedd you in wyldernesse,
wh&ebar; I brought you out of þe; lande of Egipt.
And Moses spake vnto Aaron: take a cruse
and put a note gomer full of M&abar;na therin, and
laye it vp before the Lorde to be kepte for yo&highr;
children after you, as the Lorde commaunded
Moses. So Aaron layde it vp before þe;
testimonye to be kept. noteAnd the chyldren of
Israel dyd eate Manna fourtye yeare, vntyll
they came vnto a lande inhabited. And
so they dyd eate M&abar;na euen vntyll they came
vnto the borders of the land of Canaan.
A gomer is the tenth part of an epha.
