Exodus · Chapter 16

[ edit] And þei ȝeden forþ fro Helym, and al þe multitude of þe ſones of Yrael cam into deſert of Syn, þat is bitwix Helym and Synai, þe fiftenþe day of þe ſecounde moneþ after þei weren goon out of þe loond of Egipte. And alle þe congregaciouns of þe ſones of Yrael grucchiden aȝens Moyſes, and aȝens Aaron, in wildernes. And þe ſones of Yrael ſeiden to hem, Wolde God we hadden be deed bi þe hoond of þe Lord in þe loond of Egipte, whanne we ſeeten vpon þe pottis of fleſh, and eten breede in fulnes; whi haſt þow ladde vs into þis deſert, þat þow myȝtiſt ſlee al þis multitude wiþ hungur?

Þe Lord forſoþe ſeide to Moiſes, Y ſhal reyn to ȝow looues fro heuene; þe puple goo out þat he gadere þat ſufficen bi eche dayes; þat Y tempte hym, wheþer he goo in my lawe, or noon. Þe ſixte day forſoþe greiþe þei þat þei bryngen yn, and dowble be þere þat þei weren wont to gedere bi eche dayes. And Moyſes and Aaron ſeiden to alle þe ſones of Yrael, At euen ȝe ſhulen wyte þat þe Lord haþ lad ȝow out of þe loond of Egipte; and þe morwetide ȝe ſhulen ſe þe glorye of þe Lord; I haue herd forſoþe ȝoure grucchyng aȝens þe Lord; what forſoþ ben we, þat ȝe grucchen aȝens vs?

And Moyſes ſeiþ, Þe Lord ſhal ȝyue to ȝow at euen fleſh for to eete, and eerli looues in fulnes, for þi þat he haþ herd ȝoure grucchyng, þe which ȝe han grucchid aȝens hym; what forſoþe ben we? ne aȝens vs is ȝoure grucchyng but aȝens þe Lord. And Moyſes ſeide to Aaron, Sey to al þe congregacioun of þe ſones of Yrael, Goo ȝe to before þe Lord, forſoþe he haþ herd ȝoure grucching. And whanne Aaron ſpak to al þe companye of þe ſones of Yrael, þei bihilden to wildernas, and loo! þe glorye of þe Lord aperyde in a clowde.

Forſoþe þe Lord ſpak to Moyſes, ſeiynge, Y haue herd þe grucchyng of þe ſones of Yrael; ſpek þow to hem, At euen ȝe ſhulen eete fleſh, and eerli ȝe ſhulen be fillid wiþ looues, and ȝe ſhulen wyte þat Y am þe Lord ȝoure God. Þanne it was doon at euen, and ſteiynge vp a curlew couerde þe tentis, and eerly dew cam by þe enuirown of þe tentis. And whanne it hadde couerde þe vttermore parti of þe erþe, it aperid in wildernes laſſid, and as wiþ a peſtel pownyd, into þe lyknes of an hoore froſt vpon þe erþe. Þe which þing whanne þe ſones of Yrael hadden ſeen, þei ſeiden togidere, Man hu? þat bitokneþ, what is þis? forſoþe þei knewen not what it was.

To whom Moyſes ſeiþ, Þis is þe breed þat þe Lord haþ ȝouun to ȝow for to eete. Þis is þe word þat þe Lord comaundide, Echon gedere of it how myche it ſufficiþ for to eete, þe tenþe part of þre buſſhels bi ech heedes, after þe noumbre of ſoules þat dwellen in þe tabernacle, ſo ȝe ſhulen taak. And ſo dyden þe ſones of Yrael, and þei gadreden anoþer more, anoþer leſſe; and þei meſurden it at þe meſure of gomor, þat is, of þrettenþe pownde, wiþ þe tenþe part of two pownde; ne he þat gederede more hadde more, ne he þat gaderyde leſſe foond leſſe, but eche after þat þat he myȝte eete gadreden.

And Moyſes ſeide to hem, No man leeue þerof vnto þe morwen; þe whiche herden him not, but ſum þerof lafte vnto þe morwen, and it biganne to boyle wormes, and ſtonk; and Moyſes was wrooþ aȝens hem. Forſoþe eche gaderede þe morwetide as myche as myȝte ſuffice to ete, and whanne þe ſunne bigan to heet, it moltid. Þe ſixte day forſoþe þei gadreden dowble metis, þat is to ſeye, two gomors bi eche man. And alle þe princes of þe multitude camen, and tolden to Moyſes, þe which ſeiþ to hem, Þis is þat þe Lord ſpak, Þe reſt of þe holy day is halwid to þe Lord, to morwe al þat is to worchynge doþe, and þat ben to ſeeþing ſeeþeþ, and what euer ſhal be relif, leiþ vp til to morwe.

And þei diden ſo as Moyſes hadde comaundide, and it ſtonk not, ne worme was founde þere yn. And Moyſes ſeide, Etiþ þat to day, for it is þe ſaboþ of þe Lord, yt ſhal not be founde to day in þe feelde; ſix dayes gedere ȝe, in þe ſeuenþe day forſoþe is þe ſaboþ of þe Lord, þerfor it ſhal not be foundun. Þe ſeuenþe day cam, and goon out of þe puple þat þei myȝten gedere, þei fonden noȝt. And þe Lord ſeide to Moyſes, How long wolen ȝe not kepe my maundementis, and my lawe? Seeþ þat þe Lord ſhal ȝyue to ȝow a ſaboþ, and þerfore he ſhal ȝyue to ȝow þe ſixt day dowble meetis; dwel euerechon anentis hym ſilf, no man goo out of his place þe ſeuenþe day. And þe puple halowide þe ſeuenþe day.

And þe hows of Yrael clepide þe name of it man, þat was as þe ſeed of coliaundre white, and þe taaſt of it as of tryed floure wiþ hony. And Moyſes ſeyde, Þis is þe word þat þe Lord comaundide, Fulfil þow gomor of it, and be it kept into generaciouns afterward to comen, þat þei knowen þe breed wiþ þe which Y norſhide hem in wildernes, whanne ȝe weren lad out of þe loond of Egipte. And Moyſes ſeide to Aaron, Tak a veſſel, and putte þer yn man, how myche may take gomor, and ley vp before þe Lord, to kepe into ȝoure generaciouns, as þe Lord comaundide to Moyſes; and Aaron putte it in þe tabernacle, to be reſerued.

And þe ſones of Yrael eten man fourti wynter, to þe tyme þat þei camen into a loond able to dwel yn; wiþ þis meet þei weren noriſhid forto þei towcheden to þe cooſtys of þe loond of Chanaan. Gomor forſoþe is þe tenþe party of ephi, þat is, a meſure of þre buſſhels.