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Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, so that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction.

So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, "At evening you will know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt;

So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little.

So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not stink nor was there a maggot in it.

So the people rested on the seventh day.

Then Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded: 'A full omer of it is to be kept safe throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'"

As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony, to be kept.

So the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water so that we may drink!" And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?"

So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What am I to do with this people? A little more and they will stone me!"

"Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, so that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.

So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand."

So it came about, when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed; but when he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed.

And Moses' hands were heavy. So they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. So his hands were steady until the sun set.

So Jethro said, "Blessed be the LORD who rescued you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who rescued the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.

"Let them judge the people at all times; and let it be that they will bring to you every major matter, but they will judge every minor matter themselves. So it will be easier for you, and they will carry the burden with you.

"If you do this thing and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people also will go to their places in peace."

So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything that he had said.

So Moses came and called the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD had commanded him.

Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may also trust in you forever." Then Moses told the words of the people to the LORD.