and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. And he said unto them, "This is that which the LORD hath said, 'To-morrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to-day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.'' And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said, "Eat that to-day; for to-day is a Sabbath unto the LORD: to-day ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none. And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the LORD said unto Moses, "How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? See, for that the LORD' hath given you the Sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day." So the people rested on the seventh day. And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. A PORTION IS KEPT IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE WILDERNESS And Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, 'Fill an omer of it to be kept for your MOSES AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL IN THE WILDERNESS Painted expressly for The Book of Life by Oscar Norberg "So MOSES brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water." Exodus 15:22. generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt."" And Moses said unto Aaron, "Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations." As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. -Exodus 16:2-36. THE MANNA GATHERERS Far and faint: the stars are fading Over the gleaming western strand. Airs of morning Freshen the bleak burning land. Haste, or e'er the third hour glowing Comrades what our sires have told us, Not by manna show'rs at morning Shall our board be then supplied, Year by year our murmurings chide. There, no prophet's touch awaiting, In our dreams, with thirsty heart. John Keble. WATER FROM THE ROCK After another long and weary march, the tired and thirsty multitude found the springs at Rephidim in the hands of the Amalekites. This discovery all but caused a mutiny. Moses was almost in despair, but at the command of the LORD, he smote the rock, and sweet water came forth. This deliverance, perhaps more than any other in the desert, made its impression upon the imagination of the people, and it finds its reflection in such passages of the Bible as Psalms 78: 20; Isaiah 48: 21; I Corinthians 10: 4. And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, "Give us water that we may drink." And Moses said unto them, "Why chide ye with me? Wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?" And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, "Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?" And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, "What shall I do unto this people? They be almost ready to stone me. And the LORD said unto Moses, "Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in |