Exo 16:1-19, Deu 32:1-43 | ESV | STEP | They set out from Elim , and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin , which is between Elim and Sinai , on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt .

1 They ^aset out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt. 2 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel ^bgrumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, 3 and the people of Israel said to them, ^c“Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, ^dwhen we sat by the meat pots and ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”

4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I am about to rain ^ebread from heaven for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may ^ftest them, whether they will walk in my law or not. 5 On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, ^git will be twice as much as they gather daily.” 6 So Moses and Aaron said to all the people of Israel, ^h“At evening ⁱyou shall know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, 7 and in the morning you shall see the ^jglory of the Lord, because he has heard your grumbling against the Lord. For ^kwhat are we, that you grumble against us?” 8 And Moses said, “When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him— ^lwhat are we? Your grumbling is not ^magainst us but against the Lord.”

9 Then Moses ⁿsaid to Aaron, “Say to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, ^o‘Come near before the Lord, for he has heard your grumbling.’” 10 And as soon as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the people of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the ^pglory of the Lord appeared in the cloud. 11 And the Lord said to Moses, 12 “I ^qhave heard the grumbling of the people of Israel. Say to them, ‘At ^rtwilight you shall eat meat, and ^sin the morning you shall be filled with bread. Then you shall know that I am the Lord your God.’”

13 In the evening ^tquail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning ^udew lay around the camp. 14 And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, ^v“What is it?” ^{▼▼Or “It is manna.” Hebrew man hu} For they ^xdid not know what it was. And Moses said to them, ^y“It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat. 16 This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an ^zomer, ^{▼▼An omer was about 2 quarts or 2 liters} according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’” 17 And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less. 18 But when they measured it with an omer, ^abwhoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat. 19 And Moses said to them, “Let no one leave any of it over till the morning.”

Deuteronomy 32:1-43

1 “Give ear, ^acO heavens, and I will speak,
and let ^adthe earth hear the words of my mouth.
2 May ^aemy teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and ^aflike showers upon the herb.
3 For I will proclaim the name of the Lord;
ascribe ^aggreatness to our God!
4 ^ah“The Rock, ^aihis work is perfect,
for ^ajall his ways are justice.
A God of faithfulness and ^akwithout iniquity,
just and upright is he.
5 They have dealt corruptly with him;
they are no longer his children ^albecause they are blemished;
they are ^ama crooked and twisted generation.
6 Do you thus repay the Lord,
you foolish and senseless people?
Is not he ^anyour father, who ^aocreated you,
who ^apmade you and established you?
7 ^aqRemember the days of old;
consider the years of many generations;
^arask your father, and he will show you,
your elders, and they will tell you.
8 When the Most High ^asgave to the nations their inheritance,
when he ^atdivided mankind,
he fixed the borders ^{▼▼Or territories} of the peoples
according to the number of the sons of God. ^{▼▼Compare Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text sons of Israel}
9 But the Lord’s portion is his people,
Jacob his allotted heritage.
10 “He found him ^awin a desert land,
and in the howling waste of the wilderness;
he ^axencircled him, he cared for him,
he ^aykept him as the apple of his eye.
11 ^azLike an eagle that stirs up its nest,
that flutters over its young,
spreading out its wings, catching them,
bearing them on its pinions,
12 ^bathe Lord alone guided him,
^bbno foreign god was with him.
13 ^bcHe made him ride on the high places of the land,
and he ate the produce of the field,
and he suckled him with ^bdhoney out of the rock,
and ^beoil out of ^bfthe flinty rock.
14 Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
with fat ^{▼▼That is, with the best} of lambs,
rams of Bashan and goats,
with the very finest ^{▼▼Hebrew with the kidney fat} of the wheat—
and you drank foaming wine made from ^bithe blood of the grape.
15 “But ^bjJeshurun grew fat, and ^bkkicked;
^blyou grew fat, stout, and sleek;
^bmthen he forsook God ^bnwho made him
and scoffed at ^bothe Rock of his salvation.
16 ^bpThey stirred him to jealousy with strange gods;
with abominations they provoked him to anger.
17 ^bqThey sacrificed to demons that were no gods,
to gods they had never known,
to ^brnew gods that had come recently,
whom your fathers had never dreaded.
18 You were unmindful of ^bsthe Rock that bore ^{▼▼Or fathered} you,
and you ^buforgot the God who gave you birth.
19 ^bv“The Lord saw it and spurned them,
because of the provocation of ^bwhis sons and his daughters.
20 And he said, ^bx‘I will hide my face from them;
I will see what their end will be,
for they are a perverse generation,
children in whom is no faithfulness.
21 ^byThey have made me jealous with what is no god;
they have provoked me to anger ^bzwith their idols.
So ^caI will make them jealous with those who are no people;
I will provoke them to anger with ^cba foolish nation.
22 For ^cca fire is kindled by my anger,
and it burns to ^cdthe depths of Sheol,
devours the earth and its increase,
and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 “‘And I will heap disasters upon them;
^ceI will spend my arrows on them;
24 they shall be wasted with hunger,
and devoured by plague
and poisonous pestilence;
I will send ^cfthe teeth of beasts against them,
with the venom of ^cgthings that crawl in the dust.
25 ^chOutdoors the sword shall bereave,
and indoors terror,
for young man and woman alike,
the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
26 ^ciI would have said, “I will cut them to pieces;
^cjI will wipe them from human memory,”
27 had I not feared provocation by the enemy,
lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
lest they should say, ^ck“Our hand is triumphant,
it was not the Lord who did all this.”’
28 “For they are a nation void of counsel,
and there is ^clno understanding in them.
29 ^cmIf they were wise, they would understand this;
they would ^cndiscern their latter end!
30 How could ^coone have chased a thousand,
and two have put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock ^cphad sold them,
and the Lord had given them up?
31 For ^cqtheir rock is not as our Rock;
^crour enemies are by themselves.
32 For their vine ^cscomes from the vine of Sodom
and from the fields of Gomorrah;
their grapes are grapes of ^ctpoison;
their clusters are bitter;
33 their wine is the poison of ^cuserpents
and the cruel venom of asps.
34 “‘Is not this laid up in store with me,
^cvsealed up in my treasuries?
35 ^cwVengeance is mine, and recompense, ^{▼▼Septuagint and I will repay}
^cyfor the time when their foot shall slip;
for ^czthe day of their calamity is at hand,
and their doom comes swiftly.’
36 For ^dathe Lord will vindicate ^{▼▼Septuagint judge} his people
^dcand have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
and there is none remaining, ^ddbond or free.
37 Then he will say, ^de‘Where are their gods,
^dfthe rock in which they took refuge,
38 who ate the fat of their sacrifices
and drank the wine of their drink offering?
Let them rise up and help you;
let them be your protection!
39 “‘See now that ^dgI, even I, am he,
and there is no god beside me;
^dhI kill and I make alive;
^diI wound and I heal;
and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
40 For ^djI lift up my hand to heaven
and swear, As I live forever,
41 if I ^dksharpen my flashing sword ^{▼▼Hebrew the lightning of my sword}
and my hand takes hold on judgment,
I will take vengeance on my adversaries
and will repay those who hate me.
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and ^dmmy sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the ^dnlong-haired heads of the enemy.’
43 ^do“Rejoice with him, O heavens; ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text Rejoice his people, O nations}
bow down to him, all gods, ^{▼▼Masoretic Text lacks bow down to him, all gods}
for he ^dravenges the blood of his children ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text servants}
and takes vengeance on his adversaries.
He repays those who hate him ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks He repays those who hate him}
and cleanses ^{▼▼Or atones for} his people’s land.” ^{▼▼Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew his land his people}