¹² “I have heard the grumbling^(A) of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’”^(B)

¹⁴ When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost^(A) on the ground appeared on the desert floor. ¹⁵ When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know^(B) what it was.

Moses said to them, “It is the bread^(C) the Lord has given you to eat.

³⁵ The Israelites ate manna^(A) forty years,^(B) until they came to a land that was settled; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.^(C)

⁶ But now we have lost our appetite; we never see anything but this manna!^(A)”

⁷ The manna was like coriander seed^(B) and looked like resin.^{(C) 8} The people went around gathering it,^(D) and then ground it in a hand mill or crushed it in a mortar. They cooked it in a pot or made it into loaves. And it tasted like something made with olive oil. ⁹ When the dew^(E) settled on the camp at night, the manna also came down.

⁵ they spoke against God^(A) and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt^(B) to die in the wilderness?^(C) There is no bread! There is no water!^(D) And we detest this miserable food!”^(E)