In this second text, the Israelites have been wandering through the desert for some time. During their journey to the Promised Land, the Israelites had been complaining to Moses about their desire to have meat and bread like they did in Egypt. God hears their grumbling and says to Moses, “I am going to rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather their daily portion” (v. 4a). The Lord then instructs Moses to have the people gather twice as much bread on the sixth day of the week in preparation for the Sabbath. Moses and Aaron then decided to go and share the information that God has disclosed to Moses with the people. Moses then tells the Israelites that “in the morning you will see the glory [(i.e. kabod)] of the Lord… [because He will give] you meat to eat in the evening and in the morning your fill of bread” (vv. 7-8).…show more content… kabod)] of the Lord appeared in…[a] cloud” (v. 10). God then said to Moses again, “I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them: In the evening twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will have your fill of bread, and then you will know that I, the Lord, am your God” (v. 12). The following evening quail appeared just as the Lord had promised. Then the next morning “there… [appeared] a layer of dew all about the camp, and when the layer of dew evaporated, fine flakes were on the surface of the wilderness, fine flakes like hoarfrost on the ground” (vv. 13b-14). The people were perplexed by this situation, and they wondered what the substance was which they discovered on the ground. “Moses told them, “It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat” (v.
