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13 Later that evening quail came up and covered the camp, and then in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. 14 When the layer of dew evaporated,[a] on the surface of the desert a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost, appeared on the ground. 15 When the Israelis saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?”,[b] because they did not know what it was.

Moses told them, “It’s the food that the Lord has given you to eat.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 16:14 Lit. went up
  2. Exodus 16:15 Heb. man hu; cf. vs. 31

13 That evening quail(A) came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew(B) around the camp. 14 When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost(C) 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(D) what it was.

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

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