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The Book of Exodus, Chapter 16, Verse 13

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I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God.
King James Version
And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass at even, that the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp.
New English Translation
In the evening the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew was all around the camp.
World English Bible
It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
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And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness [there lay] a small round thing, [as] small as the hoar frost on the ground.
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And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
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This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, [according to] the number of your persons; take ye every man for [them] which [are] in his tents.
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And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less.
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And when they did mete [it] with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
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And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
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Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them.
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And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
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And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
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And he said unto them, This [is that] which the LORD hath said, To morrow [is] the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake [that] which ye will bake [to day], and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.