EXODUS 16
1 The whole congregation of the Israelites set out from Elim; and
Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the
fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of
Egypt.
2 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses
and Aaron in the wilderness.
3 The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand
of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill
of bread; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole
assembly with hunger."
4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "I am going to rain bread from
heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that
day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or
not.
5 On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be
twice as much as they gather on other days."
6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "In the
evening you shall know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of
Egypt,
7 and in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he
has heard your complaining against the Lord. For what are we, that you complain
against us?"
8 And Moses said, "When the Lord gives you meat to eat in the
evening and your fill of bread in the morning, because the Lord has heard the
complaining that you utter against him—what are we? Your complaining is not
against us but against the Lord."
9 Then Moses said to Aaron, "Say to the whole congregation of
the Israelites, "Draw near to the Lord, for he has heard your
complaining.' "
10 And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the Israelites,
they looked toward the wilderness, and the glory of the Lord appeared in the
cloud.
11 The Lord spoke to Moses and said,
12 "I have heard the complaining of the Israelites; say to them,
"At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall have your
fill of bread; then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.' "
13 In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the
morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
14 When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the
wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground.
15 When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What
is it?" For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is
the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.
16 This is what the Lord has commanded: "Gather as much of it as
each of you needs, an omer to a person according to the number of persons, all
providing for those in their own tents.' "
17 The Israelites did so, some gathering more, some less.
18 But when they measured it with an omer, those who gathered much had
nothing over, and those who gathered little had no shortage; they gathered as
much as each of them needed.
19 And Moses said to them, "Let no one leave any of it over
until morning."
20 But they did not listen to Moses; some left part of it until morning,
and it bred worms and became foul. And Moses was angry with them.
21 Morning by morning they gathered it, as much as each needed; but
when the sun grew hot, it melted.
22 On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, two omers apiece.
When all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses,
23 he said to them, "This is what the Lord has commanded:
"Tomorrow is a day of solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord; bake what
you want to bake and boil what you want to boil, and all that is left over put
aside to be kept until morning.' "
24 So they put it aside until morning, as Moses commanded them; and
it did not become foul, and there were no worms in it.
25 Moses said, "Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the
Lord; today you will not find it in the field.
26 Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath,
there will be none."
27 On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, and they
found none.
28 The Lord said to Moses, "How long will you refuse to keep my
commandments and instructions?
29 See! The Lord has given you the Sabbath, therefore on the sixth
day he gives you food for two days; each of you stay where you are; do not
leave your place on the seventh day."
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 The house of Israel called it manna; it was like coriander seed,
white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
32 Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded: "Let
an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, in order that they may see
the food with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the
land of Egypt.' "
33 And Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar, and put an omer of
manna in it, and place it before the Lord, to be kept throughout your
generations."
34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the covenant, for
safekeeping.
35 The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a habitable
land; they ate manna, until they came to the border of the land of
Canaan.
36 An omer is a tenth of an ephah.
EXODUS 17
1 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the
Israelites journeyed by stages, as the Lord commanded. They camped at Rephidim,
but there was no water for the people to drink.
2 The people quarrelled with Moses, and said, "Give us water to
drink." Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you
test the Lord?"
3 But the people thirsted there for water; and the people complained
against Moses and said, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and
our children and livestock with thirst?"
4 So Moses cried out to the Lord, "What shall I do with this
people? They are almost ready to stone me."
5 The Lord said to Moses, "Go on ahead of the people, and take
some of the elders of Israel with you; take in your hand the staff with which
you struck the Nile, and go.
6 I will be standing there in front of you on the rock at Horeb.
Strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may
drink." Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
7 He called the place Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarrelled
and tested the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?"
8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
9 Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some men for us and go out,
fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff
of God in my hand."
10 So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while
Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
11 Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; and whenever he
lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.
12 But Moses' hands grew weary; so they took a stone and put it under
him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and
the other on the other side; so his hands were steady until the sun set.
13 And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the sword.
14 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this as a reminder in a
book and recite it in the hearing of Joshua: I will utterly blot out the
remembrance of Amalek from under heaven."
15 And Moses built an altar and called it, The Lord is my
banner.
16 He said, "A hand upon the banner of the Lord! The Lord will
have war with Amalek from generation to generation."
EXODUS 18
1 Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all
that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, how the Lord had brought
Israel out of Egypt.
2 After Moses had sent away his wife Zipporah, his father-in-law
Jethro took her back,
3 along with her two sons. The name of the one was Gershom (for he
said, "I have been an alien in a foreign land"),
4 and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, "The God of
my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh").
5 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came into the wilderness where Moses
was encamped at the mountain of God, bringing Moses' sons and wife to
him.
6 He sent word to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am
coming to you, with your wife and her two sons."
7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law; he bowed down and kissed him;
each asked after the other's welfare, and they went into the tent.
8 Then Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to
Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardship that had beset
them on the way, and how the Lord had delivered them.
9 Jethro rejoiced for all the good that the Lord had done to Israel,
in delivering them from the Egyptians.
10 Jethro said, "Blessed be the Lord, who has delivered you from
the Egyptians and from Pharaoh.
11 Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, because he
delivered the people from the Egyptians, when they dealt arrogantly with
them."
12 And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and
sacrifices to God; and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread
with Moses' father-in-law in the presence of God.
13 The next day Moses sat as judge for the people, while the people
stood around him from morning until evening.
14 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he
said, "What is this that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit
alone, while all the people stand around you from morning until
evening?"
15 Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to
me to inquire of God.
16 When they have a dispute, they come to me and I decide between one
person and another, and I make known to them the statutes and instructions of
God."
17 Moses' father-in-law said to him, "What you are doing is not
good.
18 You will surely wear yourself out, both you and these people with
you. For the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.
19 Now listen to me. I will give you counsel, and God be with you!
You should represent the people before God, and you should bring their cases
before God;
20 teach them the statutes and instructions and make known to them
the way they are to go and the things they are to do.
21 You should also look for able men among all the people, men who
fear God, are trustworthy, and hate dishonest gain; set such men over them as
officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens.
22 Let them sit as judges for the people at all times; let them bring
every important case to you, but decide every minor case themselves. So it will
be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you.
23 If you do this, and God so commands you, then you will be able to
endure, and all these people will go to their home in peace."
24 So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did all that he had
said.
25 Moses chose able men from all Israel and appointed them as heads
over the people, as officers over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
26 And they judged the people at all times; hard cases they brought to
Moses, but any minor case they decided themselves.
27 Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went off to his
own country.
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