Exodus 16:8-15

New American Standard Bible

The Lord Provides Meat

⁸ And Moses said, “This will happen when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for the Lord hears your grumblings which you grumble against Him. And what are we? Your grumblings are ^(A)not against us but against the Lord.”

⁹ Then Moses said to Aaron, “Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, ‘^(B)Come forward before the Lord, for He has heard your grumblings.’” ¹⁰ And it came about, as Aaron spoke to the entire congregation of the sons of Israel, that they ^[a]looked toward the wilderness, and behold, ^(C)the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. ¹¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ¹² “^(D)I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, ‘^[b]At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and ^(E)you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”

¹³ So it came about at evening that ^(F)the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning ^(G)there was a layer of dew around the camp. ^14 (H)When the layer of dew ^[c]evaporated, behold, on the ^[d]surface of the wilderness ^(I)there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground. ¹⁵ When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “^[e]What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “^(J)It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.