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and they said to Moses, "Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the desert? What in the world have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?

And as for me, I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will come after them, that I may be honored because of Pharaoh and his army and his chariots and his horsemen.

He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving, and the Egyptians said, "Let's flee from Israel, for the Lord fights for them against Egypt!"

When Israel saw the great power that the Lord had exercised over the Egyptians, they feared the Lord , and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.

Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord . They said, "I will sing to the Lord , for he has triumphed gloriously, the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea.

But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O Lord , until the people whom you have bought pass by.

Then Moses led Israel to journey away from the Red Sea. They went out to the Desert of Shur, walked for three days into the desert, and found no water.

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water.

When they journeyed from Elim, the entire company of Israelites came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their exodus from the land of Egypt.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people will go out and gather the amount for each day, so that I may test them. Will they walk in my law or not?

On the sixth day they will prepare what they bring in, and it will be twice as much as they gather every other day."

As Aaron spoke to the whole community of the Israelites and they looked toward the desert, there the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud,

The Israelites did so, and they gathered—some more, some less.

When they measured with an omer, the one who gathered much had nothing left over, and the one who gathered little lacked nothing; each one had gathered what he could eat.

But they did not listen to Moses; some kept part of it until morning, and it was full of worms and began to stink, and Moses was angry with them.

So they gathered it each morning, each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt.

And on the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, two omers per person; and all the leaders of the community came and told Moses.

So they put it aside until the morning, just as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it.

The whole community of the Israelites traveled on their journey from the Desert of Sin according to the Lord 's instruction, and they pitched camp in Rephidim. Now there was no water for the people to drink.