The Sabbath is introduced as a day of rest.
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Moses warned the people that their complaining wasn’t against him and Aaron, but against God.
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God’s glory appeared in the pillar of cloud and He told Moses He had heard the grumbling of the people and would send them meat at twilight and bread in the morning.
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That evening, God sent quail into the camp.
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In the morning, when the dew evaporated, a small, fine, flake-like bread appeared on the ground.
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It was unlike any bread the people had ever seen.
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God instructed each family to gather enough bread to eat for one day, no more and no less.
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Some people tried to gather more but it spoiled overnight and bred worms.
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The only day they were told to gather extra was on the 6th day of the week, because God set the 7th day apart as a special day of rest.
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The 7th day of the week was the Sabbath day.
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The people called the mysterious bread “manna.”
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“It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.”
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God told Moses to preserve a small amount of the manna in a jar as a memorial of how God fed the Hebrews in the wilderness.
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The Hebrews ate the manna for the 40 years they were in the wilderness.
