³ ·They [^LThe sons/^Tchildren of Israel] said to them, “It would have been better if the [^Lhand of the] Lord had killed us in the land of Egypt. There we ·had meat to eat and [^Lsat by the fleshpots and ate] all the ·food [bread] we wanted. But you have brought us into this ·desert [wilderness] to starve ·us [^Lall this assembly/crowd] to death.”

⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “I will cause ·food [bread] to fall like rain from ·the sky [heaven] for all of you. Every day the people must go out and gather what they need for that day. I want to ·see if the people will do what I teach them [^Ltest them to see if they will walk in my law/instruction or not]. ⁵ On the sixth day of each week, they are to gather twice as much as they gather on other days. Then they are to prepare it.”