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The nations have heard of it, and they shake in fear. Pain has come upon the people of Philistia.

Much fear comes upon them. They see Your strength, O Lord. They are afraid and do not move until Your people have passed by, the people You have bought and made free.

Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea. They went into the Desert of Shur. They went three days in the desert and found no water.

Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy trees. They set up their tents there beside the water.

All the people of Israel left Elim, and came to the Desert of Sin, between Elim and Sinai. It was the fifteenth day of the second month after they left the land of Egypt.

Then the Lord said to Moses, "See, I will rain bread from heaven for you. The people will go out and gather a day's share every day, so I may test them to see if they will follow My Law or not.

When Aaron spoke to all the people of Israel, they looked toward the desert. And they saw in the cloud the shining-greatness of the Lord.

When they saw how much they had, he who had gathered much had no more than what was needed. And he who had gathered less had enough. Every man gathered as much as he could eat.

But they did not listen to Moses. Some left part of it until morning. And worms grew in it and it became bad to eat. So Moses was angry with them.

On the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two jars for each person. When all the leaders of the people came and told Moses,

So they put it aside until morning, as Moses told them. And it did not become bad to eat, and there were no worms in it.

Moses said, "This is what the Lord has said: ‘Let a jar of it be kept for your children and grandchildren to come, so they may see the bread that I fed you in the desert when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"

But the people were thirsty there for water. They complained against Moses, saying, "Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and animals with thirst?"

He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah because of the arguing of the people of Israel, and because they tested the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?"

Moses' hands became tired. So they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on each side. His hands did not move until the sun went down.

Then Moses went to meet his father-in-law. He bowed down and kissed him. They asked each other if all was well, and went into the tent.

Moses told his father-in-law all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians because of Israel. He told him about how they had suffered on the way, and how the Lord had saved them.

When they argue, they come to me. And I judge between a man and his neighbor. I teach them the Laws of God."

Then teach them the Laws. Make them know the way they must walk and the work they must do.

They had left Rephidim and had come to the Sinai Desert. There Israel set up their tents in front of the mountain.